Heinz Hasselberg

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Heinz Hasselberg (born January 19, 1914 in Bochum ; † May 30, 1989 there ) was a German racing cyclist .

Cycling career

Like Walter Lohmann , Heinz Hasselberg emerged from the Bochum cycling club Sturmvogel in 1904. In October 1932 he was appointed to the national team of the Association of German Cyclists for the first time . Hasselberg was a sprinter. He defeated in the spring of 1936 a. a. the world champion Toni Merkens in the sprint and was subsequently nominated for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. There he drove in the 4,000-meter team pursuit together with Erich Arndt , Heinz Hoffmann and Karl Klöckner , which the German team ended in fourth after an initially very promising new Olympic record (4: 48.6 min) in the run-up. In the semifinals, the German team lost to the eventual gold medal winner, France, and finally to the quartet from Great Britain in the race for the bronze medal.

In 1936, 1937 and 1938 Heinz Hasselberg was German champion in the 1000-meter individual time trial and in 1937 in the sprint and in 1937 and 1938 in tandem with his partner Jean Schorn from Cologne. In 1939 he was again German champion in tandem. In total he was German amateur champion seven times. After the beginning of the Second World War he was drafted and spent the first time in Norway and later on the Eastern Front , where he was badly wounded.

After the war he continued his professional career. Hasselberg also drove stayer races , but had a serious fall in 1947, which he barely survived and which meant his early career.

literature

  • Ernst-Albrecht Plieg: Lohmann, Hasselberg & Co .: Bochum's cycling between 1889 and 1963 . Klartext, Essen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8375-0053-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hasselberg, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1989
Place of death Bochum