Karl Kittsteiner

Karl Kittsteiner (born June 20, 1920 in Worzeldorf ; † August 12, 2011 in Nuremberg ) was a German racing cyclist .

In 1940 Karl Kittsteiner became the German amateur road champion, and in 1942 he finished third. In 1943 he won around Cologne and took third place at the German Road Championships . In April 1946, Kittsteiner, who had meanwhile become a professional, wrote cycling history: He won the first German circuit road race since the end of the war in Munich ahead of Harry Saager from Berlin .

In the same year Kittsteiner, member of the Nuremberg club RC Herpersdorf , became German road champion. Also in 1946 he won the title of German vice-champion in the two-man team driving as well as in the years 1948 to 1950. In 1954 he was finally German champion of the stayers.

Web links

Karl Kittsteiner in the Radsportseiten.net database

Heinz Weidner: Results of the German championships. (pdf, 92 kB) In: stayer.de. January 7, 2005, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 .

Manfred Marr: After the bankruptcy, we didn't break with history. In: Schwabacher Tagblatt . December 31, 2009 .

Heinz Weidner: Cycling legend Karl Kittsteiner died at the age of 91. In: stayer.de. August 14, 2011 .

Individual evidence

↑ Karl Kittsteiner died at the age of 91. In: rad-net.de. August 15, 2011, archived from the original on August 21, 2014 ; accessed on May 29, 2019 .
↑ What happened in April 1946? April 4, 1946, Thursday. In: Chroniknet.de. Retrieved May 29, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kittsteiner, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 20, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Worzeldorf
DATE OF DEATH	August 12, 2011
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Karl Kittsteiner died at the age of 91. In: rad-net.de. August 15, 2011, archived from the original on August 21, 2014 ; accessed on May 29, 2019 .

[2] What happened in April 1946? April 4, 1946, Thursday. In: Chroniknet.de. Retrieved May 29, 2019 .