Hans Westerhold

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Hans Westerhold

Hans Westerhold (1975)
To person
Date of birth	June 21, 1920
date of death	August 2, 2005
nation	German Empire Germany FR Germany
End of career	1953
Societies)
	Association of Cologne long-distance drivers RC Colonia Cologne RC Staubwolke Cologne
Last updated: May 25, 2019

Hans Westerhold (born June 21, 1920 ; † August 2, 2005 in Cologne ) was a German track cyclist and cycling official.

Athletic career

In 1941, Hans Westerhold became German amateur champions in tandem races together with Mathias Kneller . After the Second World War , he won his second championship title with Jakob Tabat in 1948 in a two-man team on the cycling track in Frankfurt am Main . He has also stood on the podium several times at German championships in various rail disciplines. He started for the club RC Staubwolke Köln.

After his time as an active racing driver, Westerhold acted as a track manager for the Association of German Cyclists . Together with national coach Gustav Kilian , he looked after the German national track team at World Championships and Olympic Games .

After a serious car accident on the way back from the German railway championships in Nuremberg in 1970, Hans Westerhold was later amputated one leg, from then on he could only walk on crutches. He died in Cologne in 2005 at the age of 85 after a long and serious illness. He was born in the north cemetery in the grave of his wife Hanni geb. Tabbat (1926-2004) buried.

successes

1941

• German amateur champion - tandem race (with Mathias Kneller )

1948

• German amateur champion - two-man team driving (with Jakob Tabat )

Web links

Commons : Hans Westerhold  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Hans Westerhold in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Marburger Zeitung. Official organ of the Styrian Heimatbund . August 1, 1941, p. 6.
2. ↑ Interest group for cycling (ed.): The cycling . No. 6/1950 . Sportdienst Verlag Zademack and Noster, Cologne 1950, p. 10 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} cycling. Official news of the BDR . No. 37/13. September 2005, p. 31.
4. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 30/1970 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1970, p. 3 .
5. ↑ Obituary notice . In: Express . No. 15 . Cologne January 19, 2005.
6. ↑ Hanni and Hans Westerhold's grave in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved November 2, 2019.