Horst Lohr

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Horst Lohr (born February 26, 1938 in Hennersdorf ) is a former German enduro athlete .

The trained fitter initially tuned engines and built off-road machines for his club mates at MC Zschopau . In 1958 he began his active driving career and in 1961 became a works driver for the VEB motorcycle factory in Zschopau . At the 35th International Six Day Race in 1960 he was part of the GDR Trophy team and won a gold medal. Together with Günter Baumann , Peter Uhlig , Hans Weber , Bernd Uhlmann and Werner Salevsky , he won the International Six Days for the GDR for the first time in 1963 in the Czechoslovakian town of Spindlermühle , which was then regarded as the unofficial world championship. In 1964 in Erfurt , 1965 on the Isle of Man and 1966 in Villingsberg , Lohr was able to repeat this victory with the GDR team.

swell

  • Illustrated Motorsport magazine (organ of ADMV ), issue 17/1964, page 396

literature

  • Steffen Ottinger: Around Zschopau . The story of an off-road motorcycle ride. tape 1 . Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft Marienberg, Marienberg 2004, ISBN 3-931770-49-4 , p. 34 ff .
  • Steffen Ottinger: Around Zschopau . The story of an off-road motorcycle ride. tape 2 . HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-036705-2 , p. 20, 72 .
  • Steffen Ottinger: International six-day race 2012 . The story since 1913. HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039566-6 , p. 42 ff .
personal data
SURNAME Lohr, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motor sportsman
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Hennersdorf (Augustusburg)