Günter Haritz

Günter Haritz ( born October 16, 1948 in Heidelberg ) is a retired German racing cyclist.

Günter Haritz was a specialist in the team pursuit, and for six-day race. He belonged to the " gold four " of the national coach Gustav Kilian, who twice - 1970 and 1973 - won the World Cup and won the gold medal at the 1972 Olympics ( with Jürgen Colombo, Udo Hempel, Günther Schumacher and Peter Vonhof ).

After the second World Cup victory in 1973 Haritz, called stepped " the flash from glues " to the professionals on. In the following years he had worked for 83 six-day races, of which he has won eleven. He won seven races together with René Pijnen, two with Dietrich Thurau and one each with Patrick Sercu and Bernard Thevenet. In 1976 he was, together with Pijnen European champion in two - team driving.

Even Günter Haritz successfully drove road race. In 1974 he became German road champion in 1975, he finished second in 1976 and third place.

In 1980 Haritz back from active cycling. Today he runs a bike shop in glues. He is an honorary citizen of his place of residence.