Robert Lange (cycling coach)
Robert Lange (born October 16, 1947 in Frankfurt ; † March 7, 2000 in Palma ) was a German racing cyclist and cycling trainer .
Robert Lange, a trained mechanical engineer, was three times German vice-champion in two-man team driving . From 1970 he was a member of the amateur national team of the Association of German Cyclists . From 1974 to the end of his career in 1979, he also drove standing races .
From 1984 on, Lange was part of the coaching staff of the Association of German Cyclists . In 1997 he took over the training management for the elite endurance riders on the track and led the German track four and Robert Bartko to the gold medal in the single pursuit at the UCI track world championships in Berlin in 1999 .
In March 2000, Robert Lange was hit head-on by a car on an evening trip with his assistant trainer Peter Müller in Mallorca and died a little later in the hospital. Müller suffered a shock.
In memory of Robert Lange, the U23 team of his hometown club RV Sossenheim is called "Team Espoirs Robert Lange". Every year on Corpus Christi in Sossenheim, the “Robert Lange Memorial Race” is held.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Lange Memorial Race: Robert Lange Memorial Race. In: Vereinsring Sossenheim. June 4, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015 .
1961, 1962 Klemens Großimlinghaus | 1963 Klaus Kobusch | 1964, 1965 Karl-Heinz Henrichs | 1966, 1967 Jürgen Kißner | 1968, 1971 Udo Hempel | 1969 Peter Vonhof | 1970, 1972 Günter Haritz | 1973, 1981 Günther Schumacher | 1974, 1975, 1978 Wolfgang Schäffer | 1976 Otto Steins | 1977 Robert Lange | 1979 Horst Gewiss | 1980, 1983 Josef Kristen | 1982 Henry Rinklin | 1984 Volker Diehl
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| SURNAME | Long, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist and cycling trainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 2000 |
| Place of death | Palma |