Ludwig Hörmann

Ludwig Hörmann, 1952

Ludwig Hörmann (born September 6, 1918 in Munich ; † June 19, 2001 there ) was a German racing cyclist .

Ludwig Hörmann, called "Wiggerl", was considered the most successful and popular Munich cyclist of the post-war period. As an amateur, he was a member of the RRC 1902 Munich club. He won the German championship title nine times on the track and on the road , and with his younger brother Hans he was victorious in two-man team driving in 1951 . Both had won the team pursuit championship in 1942 . He gained international fame at the professional road championship in 1952 in Luxembourg , when he finished third behind Heinz Müller from Schwenningen and Gottfried Weilenmann from Switzerland . He was also able to win five six-day races. In 1954 he ended his successful career, opened an installation business with his brother and acted, among other things, as the sports director at the first six-day race in the Munich Olympic Hall .

Hörmann worked with other cyclists in the 1949 German film " Um eine Nasenlänge " (leading role Theo Lingen ). 2001 Hörmann committed in his house at the age of 82 years in the garden Schwabing with a firearm suicide after him a cancer had been diagnosed.

Professional

After his career, he opened a plumber and a company for ventilation systems in Munich , in which his brother Hans also worked.

literature

Ludwig Bierlinger: That was Wiggerl Hörmann . In: Bund Deutscher Radfahrer (Ed.): Radsport . Nos. 44-52. German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1970.

Individual evidence

^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 8/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 16 .
↑ Helmer Boelsen : The history of the cycling world championship , Bielefeld 2007, p. 60, ISBN 978-3936973-33-4
^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 44/1970 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1970, p. 12 .

Web links

Ludwig Hörmann in the Radsportseiten.net database

personal data
SURNAME	Hörmann, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 6, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	June 19, 2001
Place of death	Munich

[1] Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 8/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 16 .

[2] Helmer Boelsen : The history of the cycling world championship , Bielefeld 2007, p. 60, ISBN 978-3936973-33-4

[3] Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 44/1970 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1970, p. 12 .

[4] Pollack was later revoked the German championship title because of doping.