Walter Baumgartner (cyclist)
Walter Baumgartner (born October 4, 1953 in Weiach ) is a former Swiss cyclist .
In 1977, Walter Baumgartner with the Swiss railway quad ( Daniel Gisiger , Hans Känel and Robert Dill-Bundi ) third in the Track World Championships in Venezuela's San Cristobal in the Team Pursuit . Also in 1977 he took third place in the Klingnau reservoir tour . At the UCI-Bahn World Championships in Munich in 1978 he was second in the points race and again third in the team pursuit, with Urs Freuler , Känel and Dill-Bundi. In 1978 he also won the Swiss title in the points race. He was also successful in road races, winning the national title in the team time trial in 1979 . As an amateur he started for VC Binningen.
In 1983 Baumgartner was third at the World Track Championships in Zurich in the standing race . The following year he won a stage of the Tour de Suisse .
Walter Baumgartner is the father of the racing cyclists Tobias and Benjamin Baumgartner.
Web links
- Walter Baumgartner in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Baumgartner, Walter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Weiach |