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Udo Hempel

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Udo Hempel
Hempel in 2012
Personal information
Full nameUdo Hempel
Born (1946-11-03) 3 November 1946 (age 78)
Düsseldorf, West Germany
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Professional teams
1973–1974Unknown
1975Rokado
1976Maes-Rokado
1977–1982Quelle-Mars
1983A.B.C.
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team pursuit

Udo Hempel (born 3 November 1946) is a retired road and track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000 Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Jürgen Colombo, and Günter Haritz. In the 1968 Summer Olympics, he had already won silver in the same event.[1] He was a professional cyclist from 1973 to 1983, whose best results were on the track.[2]

Hempel was also part of the West German team that won the gold medal in the amateur 4 km pursuit world championship in Leicester in 1970.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Udo Hempel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ Udo Hempel at Cycling Archives (archive)


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