Robert Dill-Bundi

Robert Dill - Bundi ( born November 18, 1958 in Chippis ) is a retired Swiss cyclist, who was mainly successful in track cycling. He was once each Olympic champion in the individual pursuit and world champion in keirin. He is so far the only Swiss racing cyclist, the Olympic champion.

Biography

International Dill- Bundi made ​​in 1975 attracted attention when he became junior world champion in the individual pursuit. He repeated this success the following year. In the team pursuit, he won at the World Championships in 1977 and 1978 each a bronze medal. He celebrated his biggest success at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with the victory in the individual pursuit. A stir he made in particular with the world's first custom-made racing suit in one piece and with an aerodynamic bike helmet, which he had borrowed from a Czech driver. Due to this performance, he was elected to the Swiss Sportsman of the Year.

After the Olympic victory Dill- Bundi moved to the professionals. He denied still mainly track racing, but also celebrated as a street rider individual successes. He won a stage of the Giro d' Italia in 1982 and the prologue of the Tour de Romandie 1983. During the 1983 World Championship, he finished second in the individual pursuit, a year later, world champion in the discipline Keirin.

Due to lack of success he stepped back from professional racing in 1988 and worked as a representative for various sponsors. Since 2002 he is responsible for the public relations of the racing hall at the headquarters of the International Cycling Union, UCI in Aigle. In 2006 it was announced that he is suffering from a malignant brain tumor. In May 2010, he was operated on.

Achievements

Honors

Robert Dill - Bundi in 1980 was elected to the Swiss Sportsman of the Year.