Wolf-Jürgen Edler
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Date of birth | 17th August 1936 |
date of death | March 12, 2016 |
nation |
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discipline | Road cycling , track cycling |
Societies) | |
Kreuzberger RVg 1889/1929 | |
Team (s) | |
1960 1961 1962 |
Berolina Bluna Ruberg-Campagnolo |
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Wolf-Jürgen Edler (born August 17, 1936 in Frankfurt / Oder ; † March 12, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German racing cyclist .
Wolf-Jürgen Edler grew up in Potsdam until he moved to Berlin to do an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic at Siemens . He began his cycling career at the RV Rennhahn club and then switched to the Kreuzberg RVg . In 1958 he won around Cologne and finished 28th in the individual race of the road world championships . In 1959 he won the ninth stage of the GDR tour . In 1960 he was together with Wolfgang Schulze German champion in two-crew driving the amateurs , in the individual pursuit , he was German Vice Champion.
Then Edler turned professional and also started in six-day races . In 1964 he resigned from cycling. Two years later he allowed himself to be re-amateurized, but broke his collarbone in a race in 1967 and ended his active career for good.
literature
- Cyclists Association Berlin 1888. A journey through 125 years of club history in Berlin . Berlin 2013, p. 88 f .
Web links
- Wolf-Jürgen Edler in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary ( memento from May 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the official website of the 129th German Track Cycling Championship, accessed on May 4, 2016
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SURNAME | Edler, Wolf-Jürgen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt / Oder |
DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 2016 |
Place of death | Berlin |