Richard Trinkler

Richard Trinkler (born August 22, 1950 in Sirnach ) is a former Swiss cyclist who won an Olympic silver medal in 1984. His home club is RV Winterthur .

In 1976, Trinkler took third place at the Grand Guillaume Prix Tell and took part in the Olympic Games for the first time . In 1978, together with Gilbert Glaus , Kurt Ehrensperger and Stefan Mutter , Trinkler won the bronze medal in the team time trial at the world championships on the Nürburgring , and in the amateurs' road race, Trinkler finished fourth. In 1979, Trinkler won the Swiss Road Championships and the Tell Grand Prix. In 1980 he won two stages of the Tour of Austria . At the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 , he finished 14th in the team time trial and finished 29th in the individual race.

After a weaker year in 1981, he won his second world championship medal at the cycling world championships in Goodwood in 1982, together with Alfred Achermann , Daniel Heggli and Urs Zimmermann he received the silver medal behind the Dutch four-man. In 1983 he was the first racing driver to win the Tell Grand Prix for the second time, and in 1983 he also won three other races: the Giro del Mendrisiotto , the Grand Prix in Lancy and the Schynberg Tour. In 1984 Trinkler won a stage in the Tour of Austria. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , he finished second behind the Italians in the team time trial with Alfred Achermann, Laurent Vial and Benno Wiss . In the individual race, Trinkler finished tenth.

Over the next two years, Trinkler won a few smaller races, including the 1985 Hegiberg Tour in Winterthur . In 1987, at the age of 36, he switched to the professionals and took 61st place at the Giro d'Italia . His most successful season among professionals was in 1988 with victories at the Giro del Lago Maggiore and the Tour of Luxembourg . In May 1989, Trinkler ended his cycling career.

literature

Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Hervé Dauchy: Mondial Encyclopedie Cyclisme. Volume 3 PZ published in 2000 by the UCI ISBN 90-74128-74-2
Ruedi Stettler: Richard Trinkler. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch , Vol. 63, 1988, pp. 36–47. ( e-periodica.ch )

Web links

Richard Trinkler in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Richard Trinkler in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 34/1974 . Berlin 1974, p. 3 .

personal data
SURNAME	Trinkler, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	22nd August 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sirnach

[1] German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 34/1974 . Berlin 1974, p. 3 .