Yevgeny Petrovich Klewzow

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Yevgeny Petrovich Klewzow ( Russian Евгений Петрович Клевцов ; born March 8, 1929 in Oboyan , Soviet Union ; † March 24, 2003 ) was a Soviet cyclist.

Athletic career

At national cycling events, Klewzow only appeared when he won the four-stage Sochi Tour in 1958. The 1.77 meter tall state amateur began his international career as early as 1952 at the Summer Olympics in Helsinki . Klewzow was used both in the individual road race and in the team race. He was the only one of four Soviet drivers to complete the individual race and came in 40th place, the four-man from the Soviet Union retired early in the team race. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , the 31-year-old Klewzow was again part of the Soviet Union's cycling squad. Again he started in the individual as well as in the team race on the road, this time was 33rd in the individual discipline out of 76 rated athletes and won the bronze medal with the street four. In 1960 Klewzow also took part in the road world championship at the Sachsenring and was fifth in the individual discipline as the second best Soviet driver.

Klewzow was used four times in the largest international amateur road race at the time, the three-country stage tour Internationale Friedensfahrt . He made his debut in 1954 and was 43rd out of 77 rated participants and fifth out of six Soviet drivers. In his second appearance in the peace race in 1956, he won the last stage and, having previously achieved a second and a third place, was 30th in the final ranking. He was able to improve one place on the 1957 tour and this time had a third stage place best result. Klewzow took part in the Peace Tour for the last time in 1958. As the oldest of his team, he was on the podium three times with two second and one third place, but in the end, as the second worst team member, he was only 33rd. During his career he started for CSKA Moscow.

literature

  • Klaus Ullrich. Every time in May . Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00177-8
  • GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho . Edition from April 18, 1958 with a short biography

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (ed.): Cycling Week . No. 16/1958 . Berlin 1958, p. 9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Klewzow, Yevgeny Petrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Евгений Петрович Клевцов (Russian); Yevgeny Pyotrovich Klevtsov (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Obojan , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2003