Max Wirth (cyclist)
Max Wirth (born December 9, 1930 ) is a former cyclist from Switzerland and Swiss champion in cycling .
Athletic career
Active since 1951, Max Wirth qualified in that year for what was then the A-class of amateurs in Switzerland. In 1952 he took part in the team pursuit on the track at the Olympic Summer Games in Helsinki . His team took 5th place. After he had mostly contested track races , he became a professional driver in November 1955. As such, he was second in the championship races in the single pursuit from 1956 to 1958 (as well as in 1952 as an amateur). In 1959 he managed to win the title. A year later and in 1961 he was again third in the championship. In 1964 he ended his career, although he still held a license as a professional driver for some time.
Professional
Wirth completed an apprenticeship as an electrician .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1961 . Grenchen 1961, p. 87 .
- ↑ a b c Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1965 . Grenchen 1965, p. 145 .
1940, 1941, 1943 Ferdy Kübler | 1942 André Hardegger | 1944, 1945 Ernst Näf | 1946 Leo Weilenmann | 1947–1954 Hugo Koblet | 1955–1957 René Strehler | 1958 Erwin Schweizer | 1959 Max Wirth | 1960, 1961 Willy Trepp | 1962, 1966 Fredy Rüegg | 1963, 1964 Roland Zöffel | 1965 Werner Weber | 1967 Bernard Vifian | 1968–1976 not held | 1977 Hans Känel | 1978–1983 Robert Dill-Bundi 1984 Jörg Müller | 1985, 1995 Urs Freuler | 1986, 1987 Pius Schwarzentruber | 1988 Daniel Wyder | 1989–1992, 1994 Bruno Risi | 1993, 1995, 1996 Viktor Kunz | 1997 Hanskurt Brand | 1998–2000, 2002–2006, 2008, 2009, 2011 Franco Marvulli | 2001 Alexander Aeschbach | 2007, 2010 Dominique Stark | 2012 Kilian Moser | 2013, 2015 Stefan Küng | 2014 Tom Bohli | 2016, 2018 Claudio Imhof | 2017 Cyrille Thièry
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| SURNAME | Wirth, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss cyclist, Swiss champion in cycling |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1930 |