Volker Sprenger
Volker Sprenger (born November 26, 1947 in Hanover ) is a former German cyclist and national champion in cycling .
Athletic career
Sprenger began cycling in 1962 in the RRC Endspurt Mannheim club, and later started for RV Sossenheim in 1895 . As a youth rider, he was able to record around 100 victories (primarily in track cycling ), including German championship titles.
His particular strengths were the endurance disciplines and two-man team driving . In the latter discipline he won the title with Dietrich Thurau at the German championships in 1973 . Sprenger was also successful in six-day races for amateurs . He won in West Berlin and Frankfurt am Main in 1973 with Thurau as a partner. In his career he achieved around 500 victories and remained active in the leisure sector.
Familiar
His brother Udo Sprenger was also a cyclist and later a functionary (Vice President) in the Association of German Cyclists (BDR).
Web links
- Volker Sprenger in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 2/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 15 .
- ↑ Volker. In: volkersprenger.net. Retrieved May 12, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sprenger, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |