Karl-Dietrich Diers

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Karl-Dietrich Diers, 1977

Karl-Dietrich Diers (born May 9, 1953 in Halle an der Saale ) is a former German cyclist and participant in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal .

Athletic career

Diers began cycling in 1965 at BSG Lok Güstrow and switched to ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) in 1970 . He was able to win the title of road master of the GDR in both youth classes, in 1969 in youth B (14-16 years), in 1972 in youth A (16-18 years).

He celebrated his first major international success in 1973 when he won the Gran Premio Parma in Italy. With his sports club he was three times GDR champion in the 100 kilometer team time trial : 1973 and 1974 with Detlef Kletzin , Dieter Gonschorek and Wolfgang Wesemann , in 1977 with Ullrich Bormann, Gerhard Lauke and Detlef Kletzin. At the championships in road racing Diers was able to place third twice (1974 and 1977). At the UCI Road World Championships , he was the best GDR driver in 1974 as 20th and 1975 as 9th.

In 1976 he was nominated for the Montreal Summer Olympics. He reached 16th in the road race and 10th in the team time trial.

The team time trial was his great strength. Diers started the world championships three times in this discipline and achieved his best placement with third place in 1974 (with Hans-Joachim Hartnick , Horst Tischoff and Gerhard Lauke). In individual races at world championships he was 20 in 1974 and 9 in 1975.

In the International Peace Tour Diers started four times and reached the top positions in 1975 with 6th place and in 1977 with 12th place (1976 - 26th, 1974 he retired after falling).

He ended his career in 1977.

Professional

Diers is a trained watchmaker. After his active time as a cyclist, he worked as a trainer at ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) from 1977 to 1979 for the youth sector and then until 1985 as head coach.

Web links

Commons : Karl-Dietrich Diers  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 10/1975 . Berlin 1975, p. 1 .
  2. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 18/1976 . Berlin 1976, p. 2 .
  3. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 234 .
personal data
SURNAME Diers, Karl-Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cyclist and participant in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle on the Saale