Paul Suter (cyclist)

Paul Suter

Paul Suter (born March 9, 1892 in Gränichen , † April 6, 1966 in Paris ) was a Swiss cyclist .

Paul Suter was one of six brothers ( Max , Franz , Fritz, Gottfried and Heiri ) who were all racing cyclists. As an amateur, he won the first championship in Zurich in 1910 (Züri-Metzgete), the most important Swiss one-day race at the time . He was a professional from 1911 to 1930 . In 1911 he won All Around Saxony . In the same year he won the six-day race in Hamburg together with his brother Franz ; thus they were the first Swiss to win a six-day race.

Before the First World War , Paul Suter turned to standing sport in 1914 . He was Swiss champion seven times in this discipline. In 1923 he became world champion in front of a home crowd in Zurich . Even after his resignation, he stayed in the profession and set the pace . He led his brother Heiri to two championship titles.

In 1914 his brother Franz was struck by a train while walking in a Paris suburb at a level crossing and died at the age of 24 in front of Paul Suter.

Individual evidence

^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 15/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 8 .
↑ Peter Schnyder (Ed.): Oerlikon race track . AS Verlag, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-909111-95-4 , p. 80-82 .
↑ Roger de Maertelaere: De Mannen van de night , Eeklo 2000. p 250

Web links

Paul Suter in the Radsportseiten.net database

personal data
SURNAME	Suter, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 9, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Graenichen
DATE OF DEATH	April 6, 1966
Place of death	Paris

[1] Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 15/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 8 .

[2] Peter Schnyder (Ed.): Oerlikon race track . AS Verlag, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-909111-95-4 , p. 80-82 .

[3] Roger de Maertelaere: De Mannen van de night , Eeklo 2000. p 250