Wilfried Trott

Wilfried Trott 1982

Trott (right) together with Rudi Altig on the occasion of the Germany tour 2008 in Radevormwald

Wilfried Trott 1976 with a Trott helmet

Wilfried Trott (* 25. July 1948 in Wuppertal ) is a former German amateur -Straßen- cyclist and two-time Olympian .

Athletic career

Wilfried Trott achieved his first success in his first cycle race  - a "first step" - on August 13, 1961 in his home town of Radevormwald with fifth place.

Equipped with funds from the German Sporthilfe , but far removed from the capabilities of today's teams , amateurs also asserted themselves internationally within the framework of the given possibilities. Trott was able to confirm this position with a seventh place in the road race at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich .

In contrast to a number of other top drivers of his generation such as Klaus-Peter Thaler or Dietrich Thurau , Trott never switched to the professional camp . Trott started in the 1970s for the club RSV City Neuwied, previously he was active for PSV Cologne and RSV Viktoria Lövenich. Trott has contested around 1,000 bike races in his career, of which he won 222. He won an international title in 1974 when he won the criterion at the European Student Championships . Trott went in the winter (more for training purposes) also cross-country race . In 1970, in a race in Cologne , he succeeded in defeating all the riders that the Association of German Cyclists had nominated for the UCI World Championships .

Driver profile

Wilfried Trott was a strong sprinter who owes many of his victories to his speed. But he also successfully asserted himself on the mountain and on tours. He was a typical representative of the last generations of top West German amateurs.

Honors

Wilfried Trott was named "Cyclist of the Year" in 1972, 1979 and 1980. He has been the bearer of the sports plaque of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 1972 . He is a trained sports teacher and from 1989 to 1991 was the assistant trainer of the national trainer Peter Weibel at the Association of German Cyclists and was responsible for the junior class riders.

The Trott helmet

Wilfried Trott made the name “Trott” known throughout cycling Germany and beyond with the Trott helmet , which was developed and marketed by his father, Karl-Heinz, a police officer. This helmet was worn a lot, especially in the youth classes - many years before the introduction of mandatory helmets for professionals and amateurs.

Professional and family

Wilfried Trott grew up with his twin brother Wolfgang and his three years older brother Hans-Peter in Wuppertal and Radevormwald . Today he lives in Radevormwald and works for the city of Radevormwald as an administrative clerk. He has been married since 1988 and has one daughter. His father was also active as a cyclist before World War II .

Successes and placements

• Olympic participant 1972 Munich (6th place), 1976 Montreal (19th place)
• World Cup participants 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978
• Best German street amateur in points 1975 - 1979
• German amateur road champion in 1975 and 1977
• 320 amateur victories in the elite class ( amateurs ) from 1967 - 1988, u. a.
  • 4 × around the Henninger tower
  • 3 × around Cologne
  • 3 × around Düren
  • 3 × around Dortmund
  • 3 × Golden Nassau Lion in Wiesbaden.
• 160 wins in the senior class from 1991 to 2003
• German champion in senior class 3 in 1999 and 2003

Individual evidence

1. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 23/1980 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1980, p. 18 .
2. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 52/1979 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 3 .
3. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 42/1974 . Berlin, S. 3 .
4. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 7/1970 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1970, p. 6 .
5. ↑ Marietta Schwarz: An aesthetic challenge: Looking good with a bicycle helmet - is that possible? In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . April 23, 2019, accessed April 28, 2019 . 
6. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 1/1967 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 9 .

Web links

Commons : Wilfried Trott  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wilfried Trott in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Wilfried Trott in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )