Sigmund Durst

Sigmund Durst (born September 2, 1904 in Nuremberg ; † February 5, 1974 ibid), called Sidu , was a German sports journalist and speaker at many sports, especially cycling events .

Life

Sigmund Durst was to become a teacher according to his parents' will. However, he came into contact with cycling during races on the Reichelsdorfer Keller cycling track in his hometown. And while he was still attending the teachers' college, he began to work as a journalist and member of the racing committee.

In 1926 Durst left the teachers' college and became editor of the Illustrierte Radrenn-Sport , which was brought into line in 1935 and renamed Der Deutsche Radfahrer . In this position he showed himself to be politically very adaptable until 1945.

In addition to his work as a journalist under the acronym Sidu , Durst was increasingly in demand as a speaker at major cycling events, especially six-day races . He had a record of 150 six-day races in which he worked as a speaker. As an organizer, he was involved in the organization of the Deutschlandfahrt before and after the Second World War . From 1929 to 1934 he was also the "German Journalist Champion" in cycling.

After the war, Durst continued to work as a journalist in cycling, including as editor of the cycling magazine . He also played a key role in rebuilding cycling in Germany and especially in his hometown of Nuremberg.

Sigmund Durst is the father of the pacemaker Dieter Durst .

literature

• Manfred Marr: "Cycling journalist S. Durst dies", in: Cycling , February 20, 1974, p. 20.

Works

• Rudi Altig. The way of a world champion. Limpert, Frankfurt 1960.
• The man of 100 kilometers. Life picture of the world champion Erich Metze. Deutscher Sport-Verlag, Berlin 1942
• Across Germany in 1949 ; with Burghard von Reznicek and Richard Blaschke; Schweinfurt 1949
• The Cycling Handbook 1950 ; with Otto Baer, ​​Berlin-Dahlem 1950

Web links

• Literature by and about Sigmund Durst in the catalog of the German National Library
• Six-day Hanseatic race - Bremen nights with professionals, beer and grilled ox - Hamburger Abendblatt from January 10, 1969 ( Memento from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )