Karl-Heinz Kazmierzak

Karl-Heinz Kazmierzak (born October 31, 1940 in Ramsin ) is a former German racing cyclist who was active in the GDR in the 1960s .

Athletic career

Kazmierzak began his cycling career in 1955 with the company sports association (BSG) Chemie Wolfen . In September 1958 he was delegated to ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt an der Oder , the main focus of the Army Sports Association Vorwärts . This made him a " state amateur ". At the GDR championships, the 1.82 m tall Kazmierzak took two podium places for the ASK Vorwärts: in 1963 he was third in individual road driving and in 1966 with the ASK four-man second place in the team time trial . As early as 1962 he had appeared in the results lists of major races, for example in the GDR tour in 1962, in which he took sixth place. After scoring in 1966 with fifth place his best result at a DDR tour, he won in the same year at the one-day race over 285 km Prague - Karlovy Vary -Prague his first significant victory before the former winner of the International Peace Race in January Smolik , also won he has two stages on the Tour of Slovakia . He was able to achieve another stage win in 1967 in the Tour of Romania . In 1966 Kazmierzak took part in the cycling world championships for the first time . At the Nürburgring he finished 24th as the second best GDR driver, and in 1967 he finished 57th. In 1962, he was nominated for the GDR team for the UCI World Championship, but the team was not allowed to enter Italy for political reasons. After the 1969 season Kazmierzak left the GDR national team and ended his career in competitive sports in 1970.

Professional

Karl-Heinz Kazmierzak completed an apprenticeship as a tiler. He later worked as a major police in the GDR until 1990 and as police chief inspector in Torgau from 1990.

literature

GDR sports magazine Deutsches Sportecho , issue from April 19, 1968, short portrait until 1967

Web links

Karl-Heinz Kazmierzak in the Radsportseiten.net database

GDR championships in the database of sport-komplett.de

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Wolfgang Taubmann, Johannes Zimoch, Wilfried Schulz (eds.): Stand up again and again . Spotless-Verlag (cooperation), Berlin 2007, ISBN 3-937943-03-X , p. 70 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kazmierzak, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German racing cyclist who was active in the GDR in the 1960s
DATE OF BIRTH	October 31, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ramsin

[:0-1] Wolfgang Taubmann, Johannes Zimoch, Wilfried Schulz (eds.): Stand up again and again . Spotless-Verlag (cooperation), Berlin 2007, ISBN 3-937943-03-X , p. 70 .