Dieter_Kemper

Dieter Kemper

Dieter Kemper

German cyclist

Dieter Kemper (11 August 1937 – 11 October 2018)[1] was a German cyclist who competed professionally between 1961 and 1980. During his career he won one UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1975,[2] seven European titles[3] and 26 six-day road races. He finished three times in third place at world championships, in motor-paced racing and individual pursuit disciplines.[4][5]

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Dieter Kemper in 1975

Before starting to train in cycling in 1957 he was a successful water polo player with SV Westphalia in Dortmund.[5] In 1961 he started in the Tour de France but had to withdraw early due to a crash.[6]

He had another bad crash on 5 December 1976 during a motor-paced race in Cologne, when he was hit hard in the head and spent nine days in a coma.

After retiring from cycling he moved to North Holland with his wife, who later died of brain tumor in 2008.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Ein emotionaler Rückblick: Radsport-Fans trauern um Dieter Kemper Archived 2018-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  2. [2]
    Track Cycling World Championships 2012 to 1893. bikecult.com
  3. [3]
    Europameisterschaften. Stayer.de
  4. [4]
    Dieter Kemper. radsportseiten.net
  5. [5]
    Dieter Kemper: „Wahnsinn, aber ich würde es wieder tun“. derwesten.de (2010-12-23)
  6. [6]
    Kurt Graunke, Walter Lemke and Wolfgang Rupprecht, Giganten von einst bis heute, München 1993, p. 49
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