Heini Hartmann

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Heini Hartmann (born January 5, 1892 in Hanover ; † in the 20th century ) was a German cyclist and national champion in cycling .

Athletic career

It was not until he was 21 that he became a member of a cycling club when he joined the Falke Hannover club . The first success was victory in the Braunschweig Grand Road Prize in 1914 over 230 kilometers. At the end of 1914 he was drafted into the military , the First World War interrupted his sporting career, in 1917 he was taken prisoner by the British and returned to his homeland in 1919. There he joined the cycling club Zugvogel v. 1912 in Hanover and competed in cycling races again. Hartmann he was a member of the German Cyclists Union (DRU), which emerged in 1920 from the General Cyclists Union (ARU). From 1921 to 1923 he won the German DRU championship in the team time trial with Willy Rosenbusch, Willy Seitz and Fritz Kramer. In 1923 he celebrated his greatest success by winning the German DRU championship.

Professional

Hartmann was employed as a tire test driver at the Continental works .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chronicle - Hannoverscher Radsport Club von 1912 eV In: hrc-hannover.de. Retrieved February 18, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Association of German Cyclists (ed.): Cycling . No. 1/1967 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 20 .
personal data
SURNAME Hartmann, Heini
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH 20th century