Siegfried Köhler

Siegfried Köhler ( born October 6, 1935 in Forst) is a former German racing cyclist.

Siegfried Köhler was a versatile train driver and was considered a " locomotive" of the East German railway quad. From 1956 to 1959 he was East German champion in the individual pursuit, multiple world record holder in the team pursuit and six-time national champion in the two - team driving, 1958 with Werner Malitz, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966 and 1967 with Wolfgang Schmelzer as well as 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1966 five-time East German champion in the team pursuit. Furthermore, it was 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964 International Winter Track Champion in the Omnium, 1965 in a two - team driving as well as winner of the "1001 Round " in 1958 and 1961.

Twice Koehler participated in the Olympic Games with the train of four part: 1956 divided the team ( Malitz, Manfred Gieseler and Rolf Nietzsche) from the lead, in 1960 won the team silver medal. In the same year Köhler third in the individual pursuit at the Track World Championships in Leipzig.

In 1967, Siegfried Köhler back from cycling, but the sport remained as coach of the TSC Berlin, where he was responsible for, inter alia, Uwe Unterwalder. His brother is also a successful racing driver Michael Milde, who in 1972 won three stages of the Peace Race.

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• Volker Kluge: The great encyclopedia of GDR athletes, Berlin 2000, pp. 207f.