Karl Kaminski
Karl Kaminski (born April 10, 1940 in Altmittweida ; † October 8, 1978 in Leipzig ) was a track cyclist from the GDR .
Athletic career
Until 1963 Kaminski mainly competed in road races . In 1962 (43rd place) and 1963 (65th place) he took part in the GDR tour , each starting for SC Karl-Marx-Stadt . He started twice for the national team - on the Tour of Poland and the Tour of Tunisia . From 1964 on, Karl Kaminski was active as a stayer . By 1978 he had won seven GDR championship titles in this discipline, making him the record holder of championship titles in stand-up races in the GDR. He won his championship title under the leadership of the pacemaker Heinz Stöber ( Berlin ), Erich Krüger ( Halle ) and Georg Sternberg (Berlin). Between 1966 and 1978 he dominated the standing races in the GDR and led the annual best list several times. In 1973 he won 13 races out of 17 starts and came second four times. In 1974 he won 15 times out of 18 starts.
On October 7, 1978 he fell on the Alfred-Rosch-Kampfbahn in Leipzig after a puncture and died the following day in hospital. He was the last stalker so far to have had a fatal accident on a German cycling track .
Professional
Karl Kaminski was a vocational school teacher in his hometown Mittweida .
literature
- 100 years Forster Radrennbahn & Radsport in Forst , ed. from the city of Forst, 2006, p. 160f. ISBN 3-00-018303-5
Individual evidence
- ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 8/1965 . Berlin 1965, p. 5 .
- ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 9/1974 . Berlin 1974, p. 3 .
- ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 6/1975 . Berlin 1975, p. 2 .
Web links
- Karl Kaminski in the Radsportseiten.net database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaminski, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German track cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altmittweida |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1978 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |