Jean Schorn

Jean Schorn (called the Younger ) (born March 16, 1912 in Cologne ; † April 4, 1994 ibid) was a German track cyclist and multiple national cycling champion .

At the age of 15, Schorn decided to follow his role model Mathias Engel and also become a cyclist. It wasn't until 1931 that he could celebrate his first victory. He achieved this on the road in the Neuss – Aachen – Neuss race in the youth driver class. In 1935 he won the Amateurs race around Krefeld. Like many successful Cologne cyclists from the time of the Weimar Republic , Jean Schorn came from the Eigelsteinviertel . In the early 1930s he was a member of the German national rail team for amateurs. In 1937 and 1938 he was German champion in tandem with his partner Heinz Hasselberg from Bochum, in 1940 and 1941 German champion in the professional sprint . In the following war years he also took podium places at German championships. In 1947, Schorn won the German championship title of professional stand-up behind the pacemaker Jupp Merkens , a brother of the Olympic champion in the sprint of 1936, Toni Merkens, who died in 1944, on the cycling track in the Stadion am Zoo in Wuppertal .

Schorn remained active as a professional until 1956 and achieved further places in the top three at the German Stayer Championships. He also started in 16 six-day races , of which he won the Hanover race together with Ludwig Hörmann in 1951 .

There was a Cologne cyclist of the same name who was eleven years older and was nicknamed "Klotz" because of his idiosyncratic manner; Jean Schorn the Younger was therefore nicknamed "Klötzchen". When he won an international cycle race on the cycling track in Müngersdorfer Stadion in 1949 , the carnival song “ We are the natives of Trizonesia ” by Karl Berbuer was played in his honor , as there was no official German anthem yet. His brother was the road racing driver Ludwig Schorn .

Individual evidence

↑ Interest group for cycling (ed.): The cycling . No. 9/10/1948 . Sportdienst Verlag Zademack and Noster, Cologne, p. 3 .
↑ Gabi Langen: Beloved - Adored - Adored. The Idole of Cologne Sports , Cologne 2000, p. 65

Web links

Jean Schorn in the database of Radsportseiten.net
cologne-info.de: Jean Schorn

personal data
SURNAME	Schorn, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jean Schorn the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 16, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	April 4, 1994
Place of death	Cologne

[1] Interest group for cycling (ed.): The cycling . No. 9/10/1948 . Sportdienst Verlag Zademack and Noster, Cologne, p. 3 .

[2] Gabi Langen: Beloved - Adored - Adored. The Idole of Cologne Sports , Cologne 2000, p. 65