Gerhard Bolte

Gerhard Bolte
	Gerhard Bolte as the pacemaker for Lothar Meister II in the ; race around Marx-Engels-Platz in 1956 in Berlin
To person
Date of birth	July 12, 1918
date of death	1993
nation	German Empire Germany German Democratic Republic; ;
discipline	Road / rail (endurance)
Societies)
1939/1948	RC Wanderer Chemnitz
	Last updated: October 20, 2018

Gerhard Bolte (born July 12, 1918 in Berlin , † 1993 in Leipzig ) was a German cyclist who competed in races on the road and track .

Athletic career

Gerhard Bolte began his cycling career before the beginning of the Second World War in the club RC Grün-Weiß Berlin. In 1938 he made it to the A-class of road riders. Then he moved to the club RC Diamant Chemnitz and won the race for the Great Saxonia Prize. In 1939 he was with the team of the RC Wanderer Chemnitz German amateur champion in the team pursuit. This year he was called up to the national team thanks to good results on the road. The traditional races that Bolte could win included around the Ostragehege in Dresden and the Chemnitzer Schloßteichrennen. After three years of military service, he returned seriously wounded. He trained for a year, however, before returning to cycling.

After the Second World War , he became a professional German champion in two-man team driving together with Willy Funda in 1948 . In 1950 he and Heinz Flemig became vice-champion in two-man team driving in the GDR .

Bolte allowed himself to be reamateurised when, due to the repression of the sports management against professional drivers in the GDR, there were hardly any opportunities to start. He started as an amateur for BSG Motor Diamant Karl-Marx-Stadt.

After the end of his cycling career , Bolte worked as a pacemaker and trainer at SC Einheit Berlin in East Berlin .

successes

1939

German Reich NSGerman amateur champion - team pursuit (with Bruno Schulze , Rudi Thoss , Franz Bronold , Hans Preiskeit and Hans Kinnle )

1948

Germany 1946 Germany German Champion - two-man team driving (with Willy Funda )

Teams

1949 Heidemann

Web links

Gerhard Bolte in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Express-Verlag (ed.): Illustrierter Radsportexpress . No. 7/1949 . Berlin, S. 54 .
^ Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (Ed.): Cycling Week . No. 23/1954 . Berlin, S. 6 .
↑ Berliner Zeitung , November 26, 1957, p. 4

personal data
SURNAME	Bolte, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	1993
Place of death	Leipzig

[:0-1] Express-Verlag (ed.): Illustrierter Radsportexpress . No. 7/1949 . Berlin, S. 54 .

[2] Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (Ed.): Cycling Week . No. 23/1954 . Berlin, S. 6 .

[3] Berliner Zeitung , November 26, 1957, p. 4

[4] Pollack was later revoked the German championship title because of doping.