Thomas Huschke

Thomas Huschke

Thomas Huschke in 1975
Personal information
Born	29 December 1947 Berlin, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Cycling
Club	Berliner TSC
Medal record Competitor for  East Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team pursuit 1976 Montreal Individual pursuit World championships 1975 Rocourt Individual pursuit 1970 Leicester Team pursuit 1971 Varese Team pursuit 1974 Montreal Team pursuit 1974 Montreal Individual pursuit 1975 Rocourt team pursuit

Thomas Huschke (born 29 December 1947) is a retired German cyclist. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the 4000 m individual and team pursuit events. He won a silver team medal in 1972 and an individual bronze medal in 1976, whereas his team finished in fourth place in 1976.^[1] Between 1970 and 1975 he won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals in these 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

1. Thomas Huschke. sports-reference.com
2. Thomas Huschke. cyclingarchives.com
3. Volker Kluge: Olympische Sommerspiele. Die Chronik III, Berlin 2000, p. 410
4. Alexander Osang (29 April 2002) Kati Witt: Die Akten aus der Eiszeit. Der Spiegel
5. Dan Radtke soll den FRC 90 wieder in ruhige Bahnen lenken. lr-online.de, 13 February 2006