Bernhard Eckstein
Personal information | |
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Born | Zwochau, Germany | 21 August 1935
Died | 10 November 2017[1] | (aged 82)
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Cycling |
Club | SC DHfK, Leipzig |
Bernhard Eckstein (21 August 1935 – 10 November 2017) was a German cyclist. In 1960, he won the road race at the world championships and finished in 22nd place in the road race at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2] During his career he won six one-day races, four in 1958, one in 1960 (the Manx Trophy in the amateurs division), and one in 1966.[3]
References[]
- ^ Kiwitter, Erik (13 November 2017). ""Alles Quatsch, ich bin der Weltmeister"". Freie Presse (in German). Saxony. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Bernhard Eckstein. sports-reference.com
- ^ Bernhard Eckstein. cyclingarchives.com
External links[]
- Media related to Bernhard Eckstein at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1935 births
- 2017 deaths
- People from Nordsachsen
- People from the Province of Saxony
- German male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Saxony
- Olympic cyclists of the United Team of Germany
- Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- German cycling biography stubs