Max Burgi

Max Burgi , also Max Bürgi , (born March 9, 1882 in Geneva ; † April 26, 1946 there ) was a Swiss journalist and from 1936 to 1939 President of the World Cycling Association Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).

As a schoolboy Max Burgi published a sports newspaper for his classmates; he was himself a versatile athlete (cycling, rugby, running, boxing, fencing). From 1898 to 1903, the trained printer was Geneva correspondent for the French newspapers Le Vélo and L'Auto and worked as a journalist and later as editor-in-chief for the cycling magazine La Suisse sportive , which was published from 1897 to 1932 and by the Swiss sports pioneers Aimé Schwob and François Dégerine was founded.

In 1905, Burgi founded Genève-sport (from 1910 Sport Suisse et Genève-sport ), which he directed until his death, and in 1938 La Semaine à Genève . He was a member of several sports clubs and founded a Swiss cyclist union. From 1920 to 1930 and from 1939 to 1946 he was President of the Union Cycliste Suisse association from western Switzerland . From 1906 on he was a delegate at the World Cycling Association Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), from 1936 to 1939 its president and then honorary president. In 1912 he co-founded the National Olympic Committee of Switzerland and remained a lifelong member.

In 1947, the Neufchâtel-Geneva race was held in Switzerland as the Mémorial Max Burgi , which Leo Weilenmann won.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ super-servette.ch (French; PDF; 88 kB)
2. ^ Jean-Claude Bussard: Max Burgi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 3, 2004 , accessed July 6, 2019 .
3. ^ Mémorial Max Burgi on radsportseiten.net