Max Bartoskiewicz
Max Bartoskiewicz (born October 18, 1913 in Berlin ; † October or November 1968 there ) was a German racing cyclist who was active until the early 1950s.
Athletic career
Max Bartoskiewicz only started cycling when he was 19. In 1933 he won the B-driver around Cottbus , in 1934 the Great Street Prize in Magdeburg , in 1936 the Great Street Prize in Hanover and Rund in Frankfurt / Main . In 1938 he won Berlin – Cottbus – Berlin .
In World War II Bartoskiewicz was injured, after which his right arm was 15 centimeters shorter than the left. Nevertheless, after the war, he went back to cycling as an amateur . He started for the Berlin cycling club NRVg Luisenstadt . In 1949 he won two major cycling events: In July he took part in the traditional one-day road race around Berlin , which was held in the professional and amateur categories. Bartoskiewicz was the winner of the amateurs and was faster than the winner of the professionals, Reinhold Steinhilb . In September he was a member of the Berlin I team, which was part of the field of participants in the first stage tour of the East Zone Tour . With three stage wins, Bartoskiewicz was the outstanding player in the tour, which he won confidently as a single driver and with his team. In spring 1950 he started near Berlin-Leipzig and won the race.
After cycling
After finishing his active cycling career in the early 1950s, Max Bartoskiewicz worked as a newspaper driver for the courier . When he was hired in 1966, he could not find any new work. Applications for a disability pension because of his war injury were rejected several times. In October or November 1968 he took his life with pills in West Berlin.
Trivia
Max Bartoskiewicz won the most awards when he won the Tour of the East Zone. Among other things, he won a tailor-made suit, a box of champagne, a leather bag, a camera, a Goethe edition in three volumes, a radio, a tracksuit, a pair of racing shoes, a jersey and more.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Express-Verlag (ed.): Illustrated Radsportexpress . No. 38/1949 . Berlin, S. 301 .
- ↑ Express-Verlag (ed.): Illustrated Radsportexpress . No. 39/1949 . Berlin, S. 309 .
Web links
- Max Bartoskiewicz in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Around Berlin at www.cycling4fans.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bartoskiewicz, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist (GDR) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1968 or November 1968 |
| Place of death | Berlin |