Siegfried Pilz (cyclist)

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Siegfried Pilz (born April 16, 1925 in Leutersdorf ; † October 3, 2011 in Ahnatal ) was a German artistic cyclist . In two artificial cycling, he and his partner Johannes Heinitz achieved :

Career

  • 1940 3rd place at the German Youth Championships in Erfurt ,
  • 1941 2nd place at the German Youth Championships in Stuttgart as well
  • 1942 1st place at the German Youth Championships in Frankfurt am Main .

After the Second World War he moved to Kassel . There he played a key role in building up the RSC Weimar-Ahnatal cycling club . Here his son achieved further great successes.

He invented the exercise device for learning how to climb, also known as the “mushroom” , and applied for a patent for it.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Siegfried Pilz. Retrieved June 7, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Mushroom, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artificial cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Leutersdorf (Upper Lusatia)
DATE OF DEATH October 3, 2011
Place of death Ahnatal