Heinz Kahnt

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Heinz Kahnt (born September 30, 1949 in Oranienburg ) is a former German cyclist and GDR cycling champion .

Athletic career

At the GDR championships in youth class A in 1966 he won the team pursuit title . He won a title in the races of the Children's and Youth Spartakiad . This was his first championship title in cycling. Kahnt started for SC Dynamo Berlin . His coach in the youth classes was Peter Becker , who later also coached Jan Ullrich . Kahnt was then in the men's class in 1968 (in his first season in the performance class) and in 1970 GDR champion in the team pursuit (including with Heinz Richter , who was also a member of the four-man championships). In 1970 he was appointed to the GDR national team for the UCI track world championship . He started in the single pursuit and finished 27th in the qualifying round. His best result in the pursuit at the GDR championships was fourth in 1968. In 1971 he ended his competitive sports career.

Professional

He completed an apprenticeship as a concrete worker.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 34/1966 . Berlin 1966, p. 5 .
  2. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 30/1979 . Berlin 1979, p. 3 .
  3. ↑ Peter Becker: The trainer . Scheunen-verlag, Kückenshagen 2004, ISBN 3-934301-99-1 , p. 47 .
  4. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 31/1970 . Berlin 1970, p. 3 .
  5. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 32/1968 . Berlin 1968, p. 7 .
  6. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 31/1966 . Berlin 1966, p. 10 .
personal data
SURNAME Kahnt, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cyclist, national champion in cycling
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Oranienburg