Walter Becker (cyclist)

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Walter Becker Road cycling
Walter Becker (1956)
Walter Becker (1956)
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Date of birth October 18, 1932
date of death June 7, 2012
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Road cycling
End of career 1958
Last updated: November 10, 2018

Walter Becker (born October 18, 1932 in Kaiserslautern ; † June 7, 2012 in Queidersbach ) was a German racing cyclist .

Athletic career

In 1952 Walter Becker became the German amateur road racing champion. This qualified him for the start at the Olympic Games in Helsinki . In the street race in great heat, he was initially at the top of the race with the later first and second place finishers. When a spectator tried to hand him a bottle of water, he accidentally struck Becker in the stomach so that he fell and finally had to give up the race.

In 1953 Becker was German runner-up in the road race and in 1955 in the cross-country race , also in 1955 he was third in the Amateurs around Cologne . In 1954 he won Rund in Berlin and in 1956 the Tour of the Four Cantons in Switzerland.

successes

1952
  • MaillotAllemania.svg German amateur champion - road racing
1954
  • Around Dortmund
1955
1956

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The great festival is no longer granted to him . Article obituary in the Rheinpfalz of June 11, 2012, p. 15.
  2. ↑ Manfred Marr: Living legend . In: Münchner Merkur , February 28, 2015
  3. ↑ Detlef Watzke: The German team at the games of the XV. 1952 Olympics in Helsinki . DA German Sport University Cologne 2004. p. 189
  4. ↑ Around Berlin 1896 - 2000. Cycling4fans, accessed on November 21, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaiserslautern
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 2012
Place of death Queidersbach