Volker Winkler
 Volker Winkler (left) and Andreas Neuer in 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 July 1957 Merseburg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Volker Winkler (born 20 July 1957) is a retired East 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
- ↑ Volker Winkler. cyclingarchives.com
- ↑ Volker Winkler. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Volker Kluge: Das große Lexikon der DRR-Sportler. Berlin 2000, p. 426.
- ↑ Der Radsport ist wie eine Sucht. Lausitzer Rundschau (6 August 2005)
- ↑ Berliner Radsport Verband e.V. Archived 9 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. BDR-Radsport.de
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