Otto Goetzke

Otto Goetzke

Otto Goetzke (1905)
To person
Date of birth	December 22, 1877
date of death	unknown
nation	German Empire
discipline	Road cycling, track cycling
Societies)
	BRC migratory bird
Most important successes
Road racing 1902, 1903, 1906 : Around Berlin 1905 : Cologne – Breslau

Otto Goetzke (born December 22, 1877 in Friesack ; † unknown) was a German racing cyclist .

Otto Goetzke was a good gymnast in his youth . After finishing school he did an apprenticeship as a carpenter , learned to cycle in 1900 and in 1901 was one of the founding members of the Berlin association BRC Zugvogel . In 1902, 1903 and 1906 he won Rund um Berlin ; In 1904 he finished second. In 1903 he finished second at Stettin-Berlin and won this race the following year. He won the DRB gold medal twice because he had driven the most kilometers (169 and 171 km) in track races over six hours. He also set several German records. In 1910 Goetzke became German champions in the team time trial with the Zugvogel team and won the Berlin – Cottbus – Berlin race .

In 1905 the longest German race in cycling history was held from Cologne to Breslau over 938.2 kilometers with 20 riders. Goetzke, who had only been persuaded by his club-mates to participate, won in 54 hours, 37 minutes and 50 seconds.

Web links

• Otto Goetzke in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Sports album of the cycling world. A cycling yearbook. IVth year . Berlin 1906, p. 77 .