Current team Retired 1948 Sala Discipline Road 1948 Stucchi | 1946 Individual Name Gottfried Weilenmann 1947 Rico Role Cyclist, born 1920 | |
Born 29 March 1920 (age 104)
Amriswil ( 1920-03-29 ) | ||
Gottfried Weilenmann (born 29 March 1920 in Amriswil) is a Swiss former cyclist. Professional 1945 to 1952, he won the Tour de Suisse in 1949 and the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 1952. That year, he placed second in the UCI World Road Racing Championships road behind Heinz Müller.
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His brother Leo was also a professional rider during the same period as he was. His father, Gottfried was part of the Swiss team pursuit at the 1924 Olympic Games.
Major results
1942
Swiss National Road Race Championships amateurs1949
Tour de Suisse1952
Swiss National Road Race Championships 2nd of the UCI World Road Racing ChampionshipsTour de France
Giro d'Italia
References
Gottfried Weilenmann (cyclist, born 1920) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA