Uwe Messerschmidt

Uwe Messerschmidt (born January 22, 1962 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ) is a former German cyclist who won the Olympic silver medal in the points race for the Federal Republic of Germany in 1984 .

Athletic career

Messerschmidt, who competed for RSG Böblingen and RSG Heilbronn, among others, won the junior world championship in points race in 1980. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he won the silver medal in the points race behind the Belgian Roger Ilegems . The two were the only not lapped drivers in the field. In 1987 he also won the silver medal at the Amateur World Championship, this time Marat Ganeev from the USSR was ahead of him. At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, Messerschmidt took sixth place.

Although Messerschmidt won the Rund um Düren road race in 1987 , he was largely known as a track specialist. Together with Manfred Donike , the son of doping investigator Manfred Donike , he won numerous track criteria. The duo was also successful in the amateur classification of several six-day races.

From 1993 to 1997 Messerschmidt was a professional, but could not celebrate any major success with the professionals.

Professional

Messerschmidt completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk.

literature

National Olympic Committee for Germany: Seoul 1988. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1988

Individual evidence

^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 27/1984 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 16 .

Web links

Uwe Messerschmidt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Uwe Messerschmidt in the Radsportseiten.net database

personal data
SURNAME	Messerschmidt, Uwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 22, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwäbisch Gmünd

[1] Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 27/1984 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 16 .

[2] Pollack was later revoked the German championship title because of doping.