Manfred Ulbricht

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Manfred Ulbricht (born September 9, 1947 in Zetteritz ) is a former track cyclist from the GDR .

Manfred Ulbricht drove for SC Karl-Marx-Stadt . At the national level, he won two titles. In 1973 he was together with Herbert Richter champion of the GDR in two-man team driving and in the same year champion in the 4,000 m team pursuit together with Andreas Neuer , Herbert Richter and Matthias Wiegand . In the two-man team race, Ulbricht achieved two second places (1969 and 1972) and two third places (1970 and 1971). In the 4,000 m team pursuit, he reached five third places (1966, 1967, 1970, 1971 and 1974). In 1971 he also took third place in the 1000 m time trial .

In 1968 Ulbricht took part in the Olympic Games in Mexico City . In the team pursuit, he and the GDR team (with Heinz Richter , Wolfgang Schmelzer and Rudolf Franz ) took 13th place in the preliminary run and thus missed the quarter-finals.

At the UCI rail world championships in 1970 he won the silver medal together with Thomas Huschke , Heinz Richter and Herbert Richter . After Bernhard Gruner was used in the qualification , Ulbricht drove all the other runs here. In the quarter-finals, the GDR defeated the team from Poland with a lead of almost two seconds and in the semi-finals the defending champions USSR with a lead of 0.54 seconds. In the final, the GDR then lost to the team from the FRG with about three seconds behind.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Radsportler, 4th August 1970, page 9, For the first time a GDR foursome advanced to the World Cup final , publisher: German Cycling Association of the GDR

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SURNAME Ulbricht, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Zetteritz