Start of the rail world championships in Cologne in 1895, with Schaaf (2nd from left)
Jean Schaaf (* in Cologne ; † 1914 ) was a German racing cyclist .
In 1892 Jean Schaaf became German champion over 1000 meters on the Niederrad at the Riehler Radrennbahn in Cologne . He was the first Cologne cyclist to win a German championship title. Three years later he won the bronze medal in the sprint over a mile at the track cycling world championships , which also took place on the track in Cologne.
In October 1918 the newspaper Rad-Welt stated that Schaaf had died in 1914; the exact circumstances are not known.
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Individual evidence
^ Rad-Welt , October 27, 1918
↑ Gabi Langen: Beloved - Adored - Adored. The Idols of Cologne Sports , Cologne 2000, p. 51f.
German champions in
sprint (amateurs)
1890, 1891 Alwin father | 1892 Jean Schaaf | 1893, 1894 August Lehr | 1895 Thomas Schlueter | 1896 Fritz Opel | 1897 August fabric rain | 1898, 1899 Paul Albert | 1900, 1902 Albert Leopold | 1901 Willy Kritzmann | 1903 Walter Engelmann | 1904, 1913 Christel Rode | 1905 Otto Küpferling | 1906 Bruno Götze | 1907–1910 Karl Neumer | 1911 Otto Gosche | 1912 Max Hansen | 1914 Richard Gottschalk | 1917, 1919, 1920 Fritz Schrefeld | 1918 Arthur Hensch | 1921 Johannes Drohten | 1922 Walter Heidenreich | 1923–1925 Paul Oszmella | 1926, 1927 Mathias Engel | 1928 Hans Bernhardt | 1929 Fritz Fliegel | 1930 Robert Trauden | 1931, 1932 Hans Dasch | 1933–1936 Toni Merkens | 1937 Heinz Hasselberg | 1938 Jean Schorn | 1939 Gerhard Purann | 1940, 1947 Willy Schertle | 1941, 1942, 1944 Werner Bunzel | 1943 Georg Voggenreiter | 1948, 1949 Willy Trost | 1950–1954 Werner Potzernheim | 1955 Günther Ziegler | 1956 Heinz Lauff | 1957 Rudi Altig | 1958 Sigi Walther | 1959, 1960 Günter Kaslowski | 1961, 1962 Ehrenfried Rudolph | 1963–1965 Willi Fuggerer | 1968–1971 Jürgen Barth | 1972–1974, 1976 Dieter Berkmann | 1975 Rainer Klenner | 1977, 1979, 1983 Gerhard Scheller | 1978 Dieter Giebken | 1980–1982, 1984 Fredy Schmidtke | 1985, 1989 Hans-Jürgen Greil | 1986, 1988, 1990 Markus Nagel | 1987 Frank Weber | 1991 Jens Fiedler
Further results under German Masters in Sprint (Elite) .
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