Carl Lorenz
Carl " Carly " Lorenz (born 27 November 1913 in Riesa, † November 25, 1993 in Bad Liebenswerda ) was a German racing cyclist. In 1936 he became Olympic champion with the tandem.
Carl Lorenz began as Radballer and joined in 1934 as a factory driver diamond on the web. In the UCI Track World Championships 1934 in Leipzig he met in the quarterfinals to Arie van Vliet and resigned because he had come off from the web. In the open British Championship in 1934, he met with the Leipzig Ernst Ihbe on the tandem. In the first round Lorenz went to the front position, but the two documents. In the repechage Ihbe moved forward, and as the two not only won the repechage, but also the British Championship, Ihbe remained until the end of the common career of the man in front. The two together won two German titles. At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 Ihbe and Lorenz won the gold medal together. From 1937 Carl Lorenz was professional, greater success, however, he did not reach.
In 1955, Lorenz coach at SC Dynamo Berlin. At the Olympic Games in 1960 won him supervised athletes silver with the tandem and in the pursuit race.