Karl McCarthy

Karl McCarthy
To person
Date of birth	1928
nation	Ireland
discipline	Road cycling
Most important successes
	Irish road championships 1950 : - road racing

Karl McCarthy (* 1928 in Cork ; † 20th or 21st century) was an Irish cyclist and entrepreneur .

In 1950 Karl McCarthy was Irish road racing champion and won the Belfast - Dublin - Fast. In 1951 he was ninth overall in the Tour of Britain , in 1953 he won Dublin- Galway -Dublin. The following year he finished ninth in the overall ranking of the Tour of Ireland .

In 1966 McCarthy founded Biocel for applied chemistry in his hometown of Cork, now with a PhD . In memory of him, the company will award a Karl McCarthy Prize to students in the Faculty of Food Science and Technology at University College Cork . Karl McCarthy was still connected to cycling as a functionary in the Irish Cycling Association after his resignation as an active member . For several years the Karl McCarthy Memorial race was run.

Web links

Karl McCarthy in the database of Radsportseiten.net

Individual evidence

↑ About Us. Biocel Ltd., accessed February 17, 2014 .
^ From Lance to Landis to Walsh. Irish Pelotom.com, April 3, 2013, accessed February 17, 2014 .
↑ Tommy Campbell's Diary. Irish Cycling News.com, May 10, 2013, accessed February 17, 2014 .

personal data
SURNAME	McCarthy, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cork
DATE OF DEATH	20th century or 21st century

[1] About Us. Biocel Ltd., accessed February 17, 2014 .

[2] From Lance to Landis to Walsh. Irish Pelotom.com, April 3, 2013, accessed February 17, 2014 .

[3] Tommy Campbell's Diary. Irish Cycling News.com, May 10, 2013, accessed February 17, 2014 .