Lothar Meister

Lothar Meister, called Lothar Master I, ( born January 26, 1931 in Wittenberg ) is a retired German racing cyclist.

Lothar Meister, nicknamed " Lotte", started cycling in 1949 in Leipzig; at the age of 18 he won around Leipzig. 1952 changed the trained car locksmith to Chemnitz and drove in the future for " bismuth Chemnitz " (later " SC bismuth Karl- Marx-Stadt " ) In 1950 he was East German runner-up in the street,. 1952 he won the title between 1950 and 1956. he took five times at the International peace Race in part, ., 1951, he was second in the overall standings, 1953, he belonged to the GDR team that decided the team Appreciation for himself, and in 1956 he won the stage Görlitz Berlin In his career he came to around 60 wins, including in 1956 at around Dortmund.

1957 Lothar Master turned to the uprights and Sports in 1959 and 1960 East German champion. In 1958 he won in Leipzig at the Alfred Rosh arena the world title. In 1959 he was in Amsterdam a third party; In 1960, he finished sixth at a stayer World Cup again. After ending his playing career champion ran a taxi company in Karl- Marx-Stadt, there ( now Chemnitz ) he still lives today.

While Lothar Meister was active as a cyclist, it was in the GDR a second cyclist same name, which was called by the same club in Karl- Marx-Stadt drove three times denied the Peace Race 1955-1957 and to distinguish " II Lothar master."

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Volker Kluge: The great encyclopedia of GDR athletes, Berlin 200, p 264