 Jean Breuer in 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 March 1938 Hürth, Germany | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Motor-paced racing | |||||||||||||||||
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Jean Breuer (born 1 March 1938) is a retired German cyclist who specialized in motor-paced racing. As amateur he won a silver medal at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1972 and a gold medal in 1974. He then changed to professionals and won a bronze medal in 1975. [1]
His son Christoph Breuer is also a competitive cyclist.
John Howard is an Olympic cyclist from the United States, who set a land speed record of 152.2 miles per hour (245 km/h) while motor-pacing on a pedal bicycle on July 20, 1985 on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. This record was beaten in 1995 by Fred Rompelberg.
Leonard "Leon" Lewis Meredith was a British track and road racing cyclist who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He won seven world championships and set up one of Britain's largest cycle-parts companies and ran a roller-skating rink and ballroom.
Daniel "Danny" Clark OAM is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Australia, who was a professional rider from 1974 to 1997. He won five world championships and at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, came second in the 1,000m time trial.
Franco Giorgetti was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling.
Longinus Johannes Norbert "Noppie" Koch was a cyclist and pacer from the Netherlands. As a cyclist he became national champion in 1959, 1962 and 1963 and won two bronze medals at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1959 and 1960, in the professionals category. He was then injured in an accident at the factory where he worked and had to retire from racing. He became a pacer in motor-paced racing, bringing Piet de Wit, Leo Proost, Martin Venix and Mattheus Pronk to the UCI Motor-paced World Championships titles.
Rainer Podlesch is a retired German cyclist who was active between 1966 and 1983. He won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this event he competed for the West Germany team in the preliminaries, but was replaced in the final due to injury. At the next Olympics he took part in the 100 km team time trial and finished in 20th place.
Roland Königshofer is a retired Austrian cyclist. He won a medal at every UCI Motor-paced World Championships between 1985 and 1994, until the championships were discontinued, either in the amateurs (1985–1992) or professionals category (1993–1994). He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 4000 m team pursuit and points race and finished in 16th and 12th place, respectively.
Arthur Vanderstuyft was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in motor-paced racing in the professionals category and won three medals at the world championships in 1904, 1906 and 1908.
Constant "Stan" Tourné is a retired Belgian cyclist. After winning the world title in points race in 1977 as amateur he turned professional and won the same title again in 1980. He also won two medals at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1984 and 1986. In 1988, he finished in second place but was disqualified for failing the drug test.
Max Hürzeler is a retired Swiss cyclist. After winning a bronze medal at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1981 in the amateurs division he turned professional and won a silver medal in 1984 and a gold medal in 1987. He also won three European and seven national titles (1981–1987) in motor-paced racing.
Walter Bucher is a Swiss retired cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Between 1955 and 1959 he won a medal at every UCI Motor-paced World Championships, including a gold medal in 1958. He also won five national titles in motor-paced racing.
Paul Suter was a Swiss cyclist. Between 1920 and 1926 he won five medals at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships, including a gold medal in 1923. He also won seven national titles in motor-paced racing.
Guillermo Timoner Obrador was a Spanish cyclist. With six gold and two silver medals won in the UCI Motor-paced World Championships between 1955 and 1965 he is one of the most successful motor-paced racers of all times. During his career, which spanned 52 years, he also won 29 national titles in various cycling disciplines.
Wilfried Peffgen was a German cyclist who was active between 1959 and 1983.
Ehrenfried Rudolph is a retired German cyclist who was active between 1957 and 1973. He won three medals at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1966, 1968 and 1970, including a gold medal in 1970.
Paul Guignard was a French professional cyclist who mainly specialized in motor-paced racing. In this discipline he won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the world championships in 1913, 1905 and 1921, respectively, as well as European titles in 1905, 1906, 1909 and 1912.
Jean-Jacques Lamboley was a French cyclist who specialised in motor-paced racing. In this discipline he won two national titles, in 1947 and 1948, as well as the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1948.
Pieter Casper Johan "Piet" Dikkentman was a professional cyclist from the Netherlands. He had a long a successful career spanning from 1885 to 1928, which peaked in 1903 when he won the UCI Motor-paced World Championships. He competed internationally and married twice, to an Australian and to a German. Consequently, while he lived most of his life in Amsterdam, he also spent years in Germany and Australia.
Erich Metze was a German professional cyclist.
Paul Krewer was a German professional cyclist who won two silver and one bronze medals at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1927, 1929 and 1934.
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