Fritz Schär

Fritz Schär
	Fritz Schär on the 2nd stage of the tour in 1953
To person
Nickname	Pillenfritz
Date of birth	March 13, 1926
date of death	September 29, 1997
nation	Switzerland
discipline	Street
	Last updated: April 26, 2020

Fritz Schär (born March 13, 1926 in Kaltenbach TG ; † September 29, 1997 in Frauenfeld ) was a Swiss cyclist .

Athletic career

Fritz Schär began his cycling career in 1946 and, together with Hugo Koblet and Ferdy Kübler, was one of the strongest international cyclists in Switzerland in the 1950s . His particular strength was mountain driving. With the victory in the Vierkantone-Rundfahrt in 1946, he qualified for what was then the A-class for amateurs in Switzerland.

In 1947 he became Swiss cross country champion and won the national title in the amateurs single pursuit on the track . In his time as a professional until 1958, he was able to record numerous victories, including twice at the championship in Zurich (1949, 1950) and the Swiss road championship (1953). He also won five stages in the Tour de Suisse , which he finished second in 1953 and 1956.

Schär's greatest successes were a silver medal at the road world championships in 1954 in Solingen behind Louison Bobet and winning the yellow jersey at the 1953 Tour de France , which he wore for a total of six days. Finally, he finished sixth in the overall standings and won the green jersey , which was awarded for the first time that year.

It was an open secret that Fritz Schär doped intensively. His nickname was "Pillenfritz".

Professional

After finishing school, Schär completed an apprenticeship at Swiss Post AG .

Familiar

His grandson Ronnie Schildknecht (* 1979) is a successful triathlete .

Web links

Fritz Schär in the Radsportseiten.net database

Fritz Schär in the Tour de France database(French / English )

Nekrolog for Fritz Schär . In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch 1999

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1965 . Grenchen 1965, p. 163 .
↑ NZZ.ch v. April 16, 2005: "Doping under the sign of war and swing"
↑ NZZ.ch v. July 10, 2009

personal data
SURNAME	Schär, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 13, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kaltenbach
DATE OF DEATH	September 29, 1997
Place of death	Frauenfeld

[:0-1] Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1965 . Grenchen 1965, p. 163 .

[2] NZZ.ch v. April 16, 2005: "Doping under the sign of war and swing"

[3] NZZ.ch v. July 10, 2009