Peter Gröning (cyclist)

Peter Groening

Gröning in the 1000 m individual time trial (1960)
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Date of birth	April 29, 1939
nation	GDR

Peter Gröning (born April 29, 1939 in Berlin ) is a former German track cyclist .

Gröning was also successful as a stayer , here on August 16, 1958 at the Weißensee cycling track

Life

He started cycling in 1954, started for SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung Dynamo and took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics. There he won the silver medal in the 4000 m team pursuit . Gröning was GDR champion in team pursuit on the track in 1959 with SC Dynamo Berlin (together with Rolf Nitzsche , Lothar Stäber , Manfred Klieme ). At the age of 17 he was appointed to the GDR national railway team and had his first international start in Moscow. The international championship of standing in the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle in Berlin won 1961.

Awards

• 1960: Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze

Web links

Commons : Peter Gröning  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (ed.): Cycling Week . No. 7/1958 . Berlin, S. 5 .
2. ↑ April 29 (1939) in: Daily facts of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (at the DHM )