Heinz Pfeiffer (artificial cyclist)
Heinz Erhard Pfeiffer (born May 8, 1932 in Schwenningen ; † December 31, 2015 there ) was a German artistic cyclist and successful national coach.
In 1950, Heinz Pfeiffer became a member of the "1906 Schwenningen Cycling Club" German youth champion in one-man art cycling. Two years later he became German champion in the same discipline and won this title five times in the following years. In addition, he was 15 times between 1948 and 1960 South German and Württemberg champions.
In Karl-Marx-Stadt , Pfeiffer became world champion in 1958 and one more time the following year in Stuttgart . In 1955 he had already become European champion in Milan .
In 1963, Heinz Pfeiffer became the national coach for German art cyclists. By the time he left in 1994, athletes he supervised had won 277 medals at European and World Championships, including 140 titles. This made him the longest-serving and most successful national coach in German sport.
In 1962 Pfeiffer was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf , and in 1989 the Federal Cross of Merit with ribbon . He received the highest award from the Association of German Cyclists , the “Golden Cycling Badge with Diamonds”. Pfeiffer was a trained watchmaker and most recently, after further training and studies, took a managerial position in an IT company. In addition, as a member of the SPD , he was a member of the city council of his home town for 46 years.
Web links
- Heinz Pfeiffer: Successful like no other . Südkurier , December 3, 2009
- Heinz Pfeiffer in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b BDR mourns Heinz Pfeiffer. In: rad-net.de. January 3, 2016, accessed January 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Obituary notice
- ^ Dieter Dölling: Artistic cycling in the past and future . 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-056436-9 , pp. ? .
1956, 1957, 1960–1963 Arnold Tschopp | 1958, 1959 Heinz Pfeiffer | 1964, 1965 Hans Thissen | 1966, 1970 Willi Eichin | 1967 Gerhard Blotny | 1968, 1971, 1972 Manfred Maute | 1973–1975 Gerhard Obert | 1976–1978 Kurt Hunsänger | 1979–1982 Franz Kratochwil | 1983 Peter Nieratschke | 1984, 1985 Markus Maggi | 1986, 1987, 1993–1995 Dieter Maute | 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992 Harry Bodmer | 1990 Dietmar Ingelfinger | 1996 Jens Schmitt | 1997–2003 Martin Rominger | 2004 Arnost Pokorny | 2005, 2006, 2008–2013 David Schnabel | 2007 Robin Hartmann | 2014, 2015 Michael Niedermeier | 2016–2019 Lukas Kohl
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfeiffer, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pfeiffer, Heinz Erhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artistic cyclist and cycling trainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwenningen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 2015 |
| Place of death | Schwenningen |