Peter Schindler (cyclist)

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Peter Schindler (born November 9, 1937 in Chemnitz ) is a former German racing cyclist and pacemaker .

Athletic career

Schindler comes from a Chemnitz cycling family. At 14, he began in 1951 when SC Chemnitz with the cycling . In the years from 1963 to 1987 Schindler won around 50 standing races , took eight medals at German championships and one silver medal at the UCI rail world championships . He was the GDR youth team champion three times on track and road . On the track, he specialized in standing races from 1959. For the GDR national team, he started in Amsterdam in 1959 for the first time at a UCI track world championship. He reached the finals and was placed 6th there, but had sacrificed his chances for the bronze medalist Lothar Meister I. After fleeing to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1961, he trained on the role of his brother Kurt at the Reichelsdorfer Keller cycling track in Nuremberg . He also became the first Bavarian licensed trainer and trained young people at RC Herpersdorf , of which he was also a member.

In his first race for the German championship of amateur stayers in 1961, he won the bronze medal. In 1966 he lost the title when the jury made a wrong decision to his disadvantage. Since he was also not considered for the World Cup, he ended his career as a stayer. In 1967 he became a participant in the Nuremberg pacemaker school, among others with Dieter Durst . From 1968 he was active as a pacemaker. At its role drove Gerhard Duschl , Horst Schütz and twice Rainer Podlesch the German championship. With Rainer Podlesch he won the silver medal at the UCI track world championships in 1973 .

Familiar

His father and brother Kurt Schindler were also racing cyclists. Kurt was one of the best German professional sticks in the pre-war years and was the local matador of the Chemnitz cycle race track .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Even wrong judgments couldn't take the fun away from him. In: nordbayern.de. Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
  2. ^ Rene Jacobs et al: Velo . Dendermonde 1961, p. 102 .
  3. ^ History. In: radrennbahn-nuernberg.de. May 14, 1905, accessed March 13, 2020 .
  4. ^ Rolf Seyfarth: Radrennfieber . Claus Verlag, Chemnitz 2009, ISBN 978-3-935842-12-9 , pp. 132 .
personal data
SURNAME Schindler, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz