Hans Martin (cyclist)

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Hans Martin (born April 29, 1913 in Zurich ; † May 30, 2005 in Opfikon ) was a Swiss cyclist , stunt pilot and inventor .

In 1933, at the age of 20, Hans Martin finished tenth as an amateur at the Road World Championships . In 1934 he became Swiss champion in the street race for amateurs . He was a professional from 1935 to 1946. In 1938 he won the championship in Zurich , was second in the Swiss championship in the professional road race and tenth in the road world championship . In 1940 he was national champion of the stayers and second in the road race, in 1943 he won the stayer title a second time. In 1950 he led Walter Diggelmann as a pacemaker to the Swiss standing title and in 1956 Walter Zehnder .

After finishing his active cycling career, Martin became the sporting director of the Cilo team and led the team to victory in the Tour de Suisse six times , three times with Tour de France winner Hugo Koblet . In 1949 he was the first head of a Swiss national team appointed by the association for the Tour de France. Another passion besides cycling was aerobatics, where he won championship honors in 1956.

In the early 1950s, Hans Martin made a groundbreaking invention: He developed the first ski boot with buckles. As a passionate skier, he was annoyed in a full lift cabin that he could not open his tightly laced ski boots. After Roger Staub became Olympic champion with such shoes at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley , they began their triumphal march. Further inventions were later added, such as a new type of binding, the ski stopper and the first boot with rear entry.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of Swiss Cycling on swiss-cycling.ch  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 156 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / swiss-cycling.ch  
  2. ↑ saa.ch  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.saa.ch  
  3. ^ Adrian Knoepfli: Henke. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ., Accessed on May 2, 2014
  4. ^ Hans Martin (1913–2005) weltwoche.ch

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SURNAME Martin, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2005
Place of death Opfikon