Jörg Koehler

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Jörg Köhler (born September 7, 1960 in Meilitz ; † October 16, 2005 there ) was a German racing cyclist .

Athletic career

Heinz Hiepe taught Jörg Köhler the ABC of cycling at SG Dynamo Gera . From 1973 he was trained in the newly founded SG Wismut Gera by Werner Marschner .

In 1974, with Thomas Barth , Udo Smektalla and Olaf Ludwig - all 14 years old - he won the bronze medal of the GDR road championships in children's class A. He won a title in the races of the children's and youth spartakiad in 1977.

In 1981 and 1982 he drove the International Peace Tour for the GDR . In 1982, together with Falk Boden , Thomas Barth , Lutz Lötzsch , Olaf Ludwig and Andreas Petermann, he won the team championship of the Friedensfahrt. He had his best individual result in 1982 with 22nd place.

On the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle track in Berlin, he won the "International Two-Team Championship" in 1984 with Gerald Mortag. as a partner.

After the end of his active career, the trained car mechanic acquired his master craftsman's certificate and worked as a mechanic. After the fall of the Wall, he opened a cycling shop in Meilitz , was still one of the supporters and sponsors of SSV Gera in 1990 , and took special care of the youngsters. He succumbed to heart failure in Meilitz at the age of 45 .

successes

year successes run team
1978 3. GDR championships, winter track, men, 4000 m, team of four Lutz Haueisen , Udo Smektalla , Olaf Ludwig , Jörg Köhler
1979 1. GDR championships, mountain
1980 2. GDR championships, winter track, men, 4000 m, team of four Lutz Haueisen , Gerald Mortag , Udo Smektalla , Jörg Köhler
1980 winner Around Berlin - - -
1982 3. GDR championships, winter track, men, two-man team with Olaf Ludwig
1982 winner Peace ride Thomas Barth , Falk Boden , Jörg Köhler, Lutz Lötzsch , Olaf Ludwig and Andreas Petermann
1983 winner GDR championships, winter track, men, two-man team with Thomas Barth

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c Udo Smektalla, born November 12, 1960 in Greiz → Radsportseiten

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rad-net
  2. ↑ Gera Chronicle
  3. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 30/1979 . Berlin 1979, p. 3 .
  4. ^ Mourning for cyclist Jörg Köhler , accessed on June 11, 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Köhler, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Meilitz (Wünschendorf)
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 2005
Place of death Meilitz (Wünschendorf)