Günter Grünwald (cyclist)

This article is about the cyclist. For the cabaret artist see Günter Grünwald .

Grünwald 1956

Günter Grünwald (born August 15, 1935 in Leipzig-Lindenau , † 1992 in Ferch ) was a German cyclist who was active in the GDR in the 1950s .

As a 20-year-old state amateur, Grünwald moved up to the top group of GDR road cycling in 1955 with third place in the GDR tour and fourth in the GDR road championship. Starting for the cycling center SC DHfK Leipzig , he qualified for the first time in 1956 for the three-country stage race Internationale Friedensfahrt . As the youngest in the GDR team, he was eliminated after the fourth stage. In another 1956 stage race, the Tour of Poland , he won a stage and was sixth in the overall individual standings as the best of three GDR starters. In 1957, Grünwald was again part of the GDR national team in the peace trip. After two second stage placements, he finished eighth in the final ranking as the best active GDR player. With the GDR team, he won the team championship. Grünwald did his third peace run in 1958. On the third stage, he achieved the best place in the overall standings for one day with eighth place, but then fell back into midfield and at the end of the tour came in 31st place as the fourth best GDR driver. How many other road riders of his time, Grünwald was also active in cyclo-cross sports and won the bronze medal in the national championships in the GDR in 1955 and 1957.

According to the Wünsdorf Cycling Museum, Grünwald later left the GDR for some time. Information about cycling in the Federal Republic or after his return to the GDR is not available. Because of his willpower in the races, he was called "the fighting machine".

footnote

1. ↑ ^{a b} Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (ed.): Cycling Week . No. 16/1958 . Berlin 1958, p. 5 .
2. ↑ http://wuensdorf.radsportmuseum.de/Infos/

literature

• Klaus Ullrich. Every time in May . Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00177-8
• GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho , issue of April 27, 1956 with a short portrait

Web links

• Profile at www.radsportseiten.net