Adolf Schmal

Adolf narrow ( born September 18, 1872 in Dortmund, † August 28 1919 in Salzburg) was a successful Austrian fencing and cyclists. He is still (2014) the only Austrian Olympic champion in cycling.

Adolf narrow was known primarily as a saber fencer. In the Olympic Fencing Tournament 1896, he was already with two victories in, as the Greek king came to the stadium. To enable this, the observation of the entire tournament, all matches were canceled and re- wear. In this second passage narrow lost two fights and was ultimately only fourth.

In the following days he was able to fight back in the Radwettbewerben. There he secured first in the velodrome Neo Faliro on a day two third places in the Sprint 333 and 10,000 meters. Two days later, the victory was followed by the 12- hour race; while he lay back 314.997 km. In his memoirs, How I lost an Olympic laurel - and won, he described the course of the rather monotonous race, which was performed with the pacemaker. Then he took the early morning hours and the growing reluctance of its competitors, to eject a lap ahead, he could defend to the finish. After only a narrow and could Keeping hope of victory made ​​, the two agreed on a break.

After finishing his sports career, narrow turned to the automotive, and was under the pseudonym " Filius ", later narrow - Filius, one of Austria's most famous motoring journalists around the turn of the century. He served as editor of the magazine generally cyclists newspaper, founded by Felix stars the 1900-1919 existing Allgemeine Automobil -Zeitung and published early road trip leader and technical advisor. Narrow - Filius died unexpectedly of a heart attack in the Salzburg train station.