Thomas Huschke (born 29 December 1947) is a retired East German cyclist. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the 4000m individual and team pursuit events. He won a silver team medal in 1972 and an individual bronze medal in 1976, where his team also finished in fourth place overall.[1]
 Huschke in 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 December 1947 Berlin, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Berliner TSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Between 1970 and 1975 he won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals in the same two events at world championships.[2]
As a road racer, he finished third in the Tour of Belgium in 1972, and won one stage of the Peace Race in 1973.[2]
After retiring from competitions he received a degree in economics, and later briefly worked as a marketing expert of the East German Gymnastics and Sports Association.[3] In 1988 he was manager of figure skater Katarina Witt.[4] From 2004 to 2006 he was chairman of the Frankfurter Cycling Club.[5]
His grandfather Adolf and father Gerhard were both competitive cyclists.[1]
References
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- ^ a b Thomas Huschke. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Thomas Huschke. cyclingarchives.com
- ^ Volker Kluge: Olympische Sommerspiele. Die Chronik III, Berlin 2000, p. 410
- ^ Alexander Osang (29 April 2002) Kati Witt: Die Akten aus der Eiszeit. Der Spiegel
- ^ Dan Radtke soll den FRC 90 wieder in ruhige Bahnen lenken. lr-online.de, 13 February 2006