Radoš Čubrić

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Radoš Čubrić (born January 20, 1934 in Kraljevo ; † August 20, 2017 there ) was a cyclist from the former Yugoslavia and participant in the Olympic Games .

Athletic career

Čubrić was active as a cyclist from 1954 to 1979. He was active in sports from an early age, first as a goalkeeper for the local football club, and since 1954 as a cyclist. On May 1, 1953, he had won a race for the unorganized, then he was discovered by the coach of the Metalica Kraljevo club for cycling. He remained connected to the club all his life, he turned down offers to switch to larger clubs such as Partizan Belgrade . Since he worked in agriculture , he had little time and trained on his own, usually in the evenings on long trips.

Radoš Čubrić won the Tour of Yugoslavia in 1966 and 1970 and was a member of the winning teams with the Yugoslav national team in 1966, 1967 and 1970. Another race in which he excelled was the Tour of Serbia (Kroz Srbiju). Here he celebrated overall victory in 1965 and 1970, the last triumph he achieved at the age of 36 (he also won the mountain classification at that time). In this race he achieved a total of five podium places in the overall standings (in addition to his two victories, three third places in 1963, 1966 and 1968).

Eight times (1961–1962, 1964–1967, 1970, 1972) he took part in the International Peace Tour. In 1967 the 23rd place was his best placement. He also drove the Tour de l`Avenir and tours in Italy , Austria , the GDR , Algeria , Tunisia , Switzerland , Bulgaria , Morocco , England , Romania and Canada , in which he was able to record a few stage wins. In 1965 he was runner-up in Yugoslavia in road racing.

Čubrić took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , in the road race, he finished 43rd. In the team time trial , his team was 21. For the 1968 Games, he was also scheduled, but was due to a serious fall he suffered when he was from a bus was hit, not training for a long time and missed the games. At the UCI Road World Championships in 1966 on the Nürburgring , he finished 53rd in the amateur road race .

He was a participant in the UCI Road World Championships in 1967 and was 27th in the individual race and 16th in the team time trial. In later years he took part in the world championships for seniors and was third in his category (he was 71 years old) in St. Johann in 2005 .

After the Tour of Yugoslavia in 1972, he resigned from the national team, but continued to compete in races for his club Metalica Kraljevo. In 1979, at the age of 45, he made the last tour of Serbia with his two sons. Čubrić himself reported on the difficulties that arose in the Yugoslav national team due to constant rivalries between Slovenes , Croatians and Serbs and cost the team some victories. As a Serb, he had a special relationship with the drivers from the former Soviet Union . According to his own account, during the 1961 International Peace Tour he helped Yuri Melichow to defend his leadership in a critical situation. In return, the Soviet drivers supported him on the Yugoslavia Tour against attacks by Slovenian drivers from his own team.

Professional

Čubrić grew up in his parents' farm, which he later took over and continued to run. He also worked as a coach and mechanic for his club.

Familiar

Radoš Čubrić is the father of Rajko Čubrić and Radisa Čubrić, who were both cyclists and both also took part in the Olympic Games.

Honors

Radoš Čubrić became an honorary citizen of Kraljevo and was awarded the Yugoslav Order of Merit for the People.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Preminuo legendarni biciklista Radoš Čubrić. Blic Sport, August 21, 2017, accessed June 30, 2019 (Serbian).
  2. ↑ a b c d Rusima na putu za Berlin. politika, accessed June 30, 2019 (Serbian).
  3. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 233 .
  4. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 35/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 10 .
  5. ↑ Rene Jacobs et al. a .: VELO 1968 . Ed .: Velo. Brussels 1968, p. 22 .
  6. ↑ Neues Deutschland, Rude Pravo, Tribuna Ludu (ed.): XV Course de la Paix Bulletin 4 . Berlin 1962, p. 4 .
personal data
SURNAME Čubrić, Radoš
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav cyclist, participant in the Olympic Games
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Kraljevo
DATE OF DEATH 20th August 2017
Place of death Kraljevo