Walter Bucher (cyclist)
 Walter Bucher at the 1959 World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 June 1926 Zurich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walter Bucher (born 8 June 1926) is a Swiss retired cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] 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 (1955, 1957–1960).[2][3]
Bucher was also a successful road cyclist, winning 11 six-day races out of 66.[4] He missed the 1961 UCI Track World Championships in his native Zurich due to a bad fall earlier that year. Next year he stopped with cycling and founded a shipping company. He retired in 1992 due to an accident at work.[5]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Walter Bucher (cyclist). |
- ^ "Walter Bucher". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Walter Bucher. radsportseiten.net
- ^ Track Cycling World Championships 2012 to 1893. bikecult.com
- ^ Roger De Maertelaere (2000). De Mannen van de Nacht. 100 jaar zesdaagsen. De Eecloonaar, Eeklo, ISBN 90-74128-67-X, p. 195
- ^ Peter Schnyder (2012). 100 Jahre Faszination Radsport – Rennbahn Oerlikon, AS Verlag Zürich, ISBN 3909111955, p. 96
Categories:
- 1926 births
- Living people
- Swiss male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Zürich
- Olympic cyclists of Switzerland
- Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Swiss track cyclists