Heinrich Schilausky

Heinrich Schilausky (* 1912 in Cologne ; † after 2000) was a German racing cyclist .

Heinrich Schilausky started for the Rad- und Kraftfahrerbund Solidarität Köln-Zollstock . At the age of 15 he started cycling. During his entire career, he achieved around 200 victories, making him one of the few top drivers from working class circles. His greatest success was winning the gold medal at the 2nd Workers' Olympics in Vienna in 1931 in a sprint on the track . With the seizure of power by the National Socialists in January 1933, his sporting career ended, as the workers' sports clubs were banned and Schilausky was convinced that he did not want to join any other club; He also turned down offers to join the professionals.

Schilausky began to study engineering and was employed during the Second World War, among other things, in the construction of the West Wall ; an attempt by him to emigrate to the United States had previously failed. After the war he founded a heating and plumbing company in Cologne. Up until old age he trained masters at a vocational school and took exams. In 1983 he was honored together with six other Olympic workers' champions in Vienna. The award was made by Annemarie Renger , then Vice President of the German Bundestag and daughter of Fritz Wildung , a prominent representative of workers' sport.

literature

Kölnische Rundschau , July 30, 1984.

Individual evidence

↑ Ralf Beduhn: Ascent, smashing, resistance. The ARKB “Solidarity” between 1919 and 1945 . In: The bone shaker. Magazine for lovers of historical bicycles . tape 2 , no. 62 , 2016, p. 26 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schilausky, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	21st century

[1] Ralf Beduhn: Ascent, smashing, resistance. The ARKB “Solidarity” between 1919 and 1945 . In: The bone shaker. Magazine for lovers of historical bicycles . tape 2 , no. 62 , 2016, p. 26 .