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)
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow Team pursuit
World Championships
1977 San Cristóbal Team pursuit
1978 Munich Team pursuit
1979 Amsterdam Team pursuit
1981 Brno Team pursuit
1982 Leicester Team pursuit

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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