Michael Milde

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Michael Milde (* 1950 in Berlin ) is a former German racing cyclist who was successful in the GDR in the 1970s .

Athletic career

Memorial plaque for Germany's oldest road race in Zossen

During his time as a competitive athlete, Milde was a member of Club TSC Berlin , he had started cycling with the Lok Forst communities and later Dynamo Forst, where he trained with the well-known Cottbus cycling organizer Otto Friedrich. Milde was already multiple GDR champions in the youth field, u. a. 1966 with Werner Otto on the tandem .

He was fast and one of the most talented train drivers in the GDR. Having just entered the men's class, he was able to achieve second place in 1968 and first place in the GDR championship in the team pursuit with TSC Berlin (with Uwe Unterwalder , Wolfgang Schmelzer and Thomas Huschke ) in 1969 . In 1970 and 1973 it was "only" enough again for the runner-up title.

In 1971 he won road races in the "Week of International Cycling", the classic " Rund um Berlin " and the 1st stage of the GDR tour , which he finished 8th overall. So he was nominated for the International Peace Tour in 1972 , where he managed to win three stages in a row.

In 1972 Milde was not set up for the Olympic Games in Munich or for the 1973 International Peace Tour , but in the same year she was eighth in the GDR tour with a stage win and two second places. In 1974 he shone repeatedly in the peace race with a stage win and two second stage ranks. At the GDR tour in 1974 he won two stages and took 4th place in the overall standings, while in 1975 he reached 6th place and was twice stage runner-up. In 1975 he took part in the peace ride for the last time and was again stage winner. Milde was able to win a stage race in his career as a cyclist; In 1974 he won the Grand Prix L`Reine des Zibane in Algeria over four stages.

At the GDR championship in two-man team driving on the track, he won the bronze medal in third with Klaus-Jürgen Grünke in 1975 and a year later the GDR championship in points and team pursuit with TSC Berlin. At the end of his career, Milde also started successfully in standing races . In 1975 and 1976 he was able to win the International Standing Championship in the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle in Berlin.

After not being nominated for the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, he retired from active cycling.

Professional

Michael Milde completed an apprenticeship as a machine fitter and later also worked as an equipment mechanic.

Familiar

Michael Milde is the stepbrother of Siegfried Köhler , who also trained him at times.

Web links

Commons : Michael Milde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 10/1975 . Berlin 1975, p. 1 .
  2. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 12/1974 . Berlin 1974, p. 4 .
  3. ^ A b German Cycling Association of the GDR (Ed.): The cyclist . No. 35/1972 . Berlin 1972, p. 2 .
personal data
SURNAME Mild, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin