Lothar Master II

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Lothar Meister II leads the field near Berlin-Angermünde-Berlin (1956)

Lothar Meister , called Lothar Meister II , (born July 6, 1928 in Gera ; † February 23, 2019 in Chemnitz ) was a German road cyclist who was active in the GDR .

Cycling career

Master II came to cycling late, at the age of 22 . Until he was 25, Lothar Meister, who is based in Gera, only competed in local street races in the Thuringian region. Only with his surprising victory in the 1953 spring race Berlin – Cottbus – Berlin , in which he triumphed over the entire GDR elite, did he draw attention to himself throughout the GDR. The Unity Sports Association then nominated him for the 1953 GDR Tour , where he won the overall leader's yellow jersey as a member of the mixed team on the second stage . He led the individual standings for two days, but later had to give up prematurely due to a knee injury. Master was also at the start in the following two GDR tours, in 1954 he drove for the second team of the SV unit and finished eighth, in 1955 he was fourth as a member of the SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt Rundfahrt team. Also in 1955 he won the one-day race around Dortmund.

In 1955, Meister also made his debut in the then largest amateur stage race, the Internationale Friedensfahrt . On the longest day section from Karl-Marx-Stadt to Leipzig, at 206 kilometers, he achieved his best stage result with third place, and in the overall individual ranking he was third-best GDR - Driver in eleventh place. His successful participation in the Peace Tour earned him the title of Master of Sport . In his second Peace Race 1956 he went with his namesake but unrelated Lothar Meister . The duel between the two was decided by Master II with 13th place, compared to Master I's 52nd place. Master II started for the last time in 1957 in the peace run. The almost 28-year-old finished 19th in the overall ranking and was the worst of the six GDR starters.

various

As an active cyclist, Meister began to be interested in mountaineering. In 1956 he climbed the Barbarine , a free-standing rock in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, together with his national team mate Gustav-Adolf Schur , and in 1958 became a member of the Sebnitz climbing club, Kampftürmer. After his retirement from competitive sport, Meister, who had been trained as a decorator, worked as a painter at Wismut in Gera. After his retirement he settled in Chemnitz . There he died on February 23, 2019 at the age of 90. His death did not become public knowledge until several months later.

literature

  • GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho . Edition of April 27, 1956 with a short biography
  • Klaus Ullrich. Every time in May . Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00177-8
  • Cycling Week (Ed. Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR), No. 17/1957, page 7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhard Schulze: Peace driver Lothar Meister II died. Ostthüringer Zeitung, May 9, 2019, accessed on May 14, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Master, Lothar II
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Master, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 2019
Place of death Chemnitz