Volker Winkler

Volker Winkler

Volker Winkler (left) and Andreas Neuer in 1977
Personal information
Born	20 July 1957 Merseburg, Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Medal record Competitor for  East Germany Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team pursuit World Championships 1977 San Cristóbal Team pursuit 1978 Munich Team pursuit 1979 Amsterdam Team pursuit 1981 Brno Team pursuit 1982 Leicester Team pursuit

Volker Winkler (born 20 July 1957) is a retired German track cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 4000 m team pursuit. In this discipline he won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, as well as four gold medals at the world championships in 1977–1981.^[1][2]

After retiring from competitions in 1985 he worked as a cycling coach, first at SC Cottbus, the club he was competing for,^[3] then at RSC Cottbus,^[4] and later at Berlin Cycling Union.^[5]

References

1. Volker Winkler. cyclingarchives.com
2. Volker Winkler. sports-reference.com
3. Volker Kluge: Das große Lexikon der DRR-Sportler. Berlin 2000, p. 426.
4. Der Radsport ist wie eine Sucht. Lausitzer Rundschau (6 August 2005)
5. Berliner Radsport Verband e.V. BDR-Radsport.de