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Thaddäus Robl

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Thaddäus Robl
Personal information
Born22 October 1877
Ohlstadt, Germany
Died18 June 1910 (aged 33)
Stettin, Germany
Sport
SportCycling
Medal record
Representing  Germany
UCI Motor-paced World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1901 Berlin Professionals
Gold medal – first place 1902 Rome Professionals
Silver medal – second place 1903 Copenhagen Professionals
Motor-paced European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1901 Leipzig Professionals
Gold medal – first place 1902 Leipzig Professionals
Gold medal – first place 1903 Leipzig Professionals
Gold medal – first place 1904 Leipzig Professionals
Silver medal – second place 1905 Leipzig Professionals
Bronze medal – third place 1906 Dresden Professionals
Gold medal – first place 1907 Hannover Professionals
Bronze medal – third place 1909 Berlin Professionals
Thaddäus Robl in 1902

Thaddäus "Thaddy" Robl (22 October 1877 – 18 June 1910) was a German professional cyclist who was active between 1894 and 1910, initially in road racing,[1] later predominantly in motor-paced racing. From 1895 to 1898 he obtained several podium finishes in long-distance road races, the most emblematic of which is his 3rd place in the 1898 Bordeaux - Paris.[2]

In motor-paced racing he won five European titles (1901–1904, 1907) and the world championships in 1901 and 1902, he finished in third place in 1903.[3][4]

After retiring from cycling he became passionate with flying the early planes. In a flight demonstration on 18 June 1910 in Szczecin (then German Empire) he fell from a height of about 75 meters. This was the first death of a civil pilot on the German ground. In 1947, a street in Munich was named after him.[5]

Palmares

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1895
3rd, Wien - Salzburg[6]
3rd, Triest - Graz - Wien[7]
3rd, Straßburg - Basel - Straßburg[8]
5th, Rund um Mitteldeutschland[9]
1896
2nd, German Motor-paced Championship, Hamburg
1898
2nd, Bol d'Or - Paris[10]
3rd, Bordeaux - Paris
1900
2nd, Bol d'Or - Paris
1901
1st, Motor-paced World Championship, Friedenau
1st, Motor-paced European Championship, Leipzig
1902
1st, Motor-paced European Championship, Leipzig
1st, Motor-paced World Championship, Friedenau
1903
2nd, Motor-paced World Championship, Ordrup
1st, Motor-paced European Championship, Leipzig
1904
1st, Motor-paced European Championship, Leipzig
1905
2nd, Motor-paced European Championship, Leipzig
1906
3rd, Motor-paced European Championship, Dresden
1907
1st, German Motor-paced Championship, Breslau
1st, Motor-paced European Championship, Hannover
1908
1st, German Motor-paced Championship, Dresden
1909
3rd, Motor-paced European Championship, Berlin

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Thaddäus Robl". cyclingranking.com.
  2. ^ "Bordeaux - Paris 1898". cyclingranking.com.
  3. ^ Thaddäus (Thaddy) Robl. radsportseiten.net
  4. ^ Track Cycling World Championships 2012 to 1893. bikecult.com
  5. ^ Martin Schreck Thaddäus Robl und die Radrennbahn Milbertshofen. kulturvergnuegen.de
  6. ^ "Wien - Salzburg 1895". cyclingranking.com.
  7. ^ "Triest - Graz - Wien 1895". cyclingranking.com.
  8. ^ "Straßburg - Basel - Straßburg 1895". cyclingranking.com.
  9. ^ "Rund um Mitteldeutschland 1895". cyclingranking.com.
  10. ^ "Palmares Bol d'Or". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu.
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