Volker Winkler

Volker Winkler

Volker Winkler (left) and Andreas Neuer in 1977
Personal information
Born (1957-07-20) 20 July 1957
Merseburg, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)

Volker Winkler (born 20 July 1957) is a retired German track cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this discipline he won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, as well as four gold medals at the world championships in 1977–1981.[1][2]

After retiring from competitions in 1985 he worked as a cycling coach, first at SC Cottbus, the club he was competing for,[3] then at RSC Cottbus,[4] and later at Berlin Cycling Union.[5]

References

  1. Volker Winkler. cyclingarchives.com
  2. Volker Winkler. sports-reference.com
  3. Volker Kluge: Das große Lexikon der DRR-Sportler. Berlin 2000, p. 426.
  4. Der Radsport ist wie eine Sucht. Lausitzer Rundschau (6 August 2005)
  5. Berliner Radsport Verband e.V. BDR-Radsport.de
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