Rudi Valenta

Rudi Valenta (born March 24, 1921 in Vienna ; † July 15, 2001 ) was an Austrian cyclist and national champion in cycling .

In 1946, Valenta won the Vienna-Graz-Vienna road race, which was then reserved for amateurs . In 1948 he started road racing at the Olympic Games in London and finished 14th. Shortly afterwards, he became a professional and celebrated numerous international successes, including second place in the Bol d'Or in the Vélodrome d'Hiver , a 24-hour race in 1950 behind pacemakers . In 1950 he became Austrian national champion in road races and won the Vienna – Graz – Vienna race over 427 kilometers, as well as in 1951. In 1952, he ended his cycling career. Valenta's book Kampf um den Goldpokal (Vienna 1956) reports on his sporting career. Due to his second place at the Bol d'Or in 1950, he was awarded second place (150 points) behind football goalkeeper Walter Zeman (203) in the election of the Austrian athletes in 1950 on January 25, 1951 .

literature

Rudi Valenta: fight for the gold cup. Kremayrund Scheriau publishing house, Vienna, 1956.

Web links

Rudi Valenta in the Radsportseiten.net database

Rudi Valenta in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 47/1970 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1970, p. 13 .
↑ Column 4: “Dagmar Rom and Walter Zeman” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26, 1951, p. 6 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

personal data
SURNAME	Valenta, Rudi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 24, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	July 15, 2001

[1] Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 47/1970 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1970, p. 13 .

[2] Column 4: “Dagmar Rom and Walter Zeman” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26, 1951, p. 6 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).