A big name on the German track has left. The German Cycling Federation announced this Tuesday, November 12, the death of Michaël Hübner, six times world champion in the 1990s. Originally from Chemnitz in the GDR, formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt during the communist regime, Hübner was aged 65.
Six times world champion, but never at the Olympics
The German track rider began his career at the dawn of the 1990s, winning the world title in individual sprint and keirin in Japan. The following year, he retained his keirin title in Stuttgart, before doing the double again in 1992 in Valencia. He won a sixth and final professional world title with the team sprint in 1995 in Colombia.
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Despite a track record as wide as his thighs, Hübner paradoxically never participated in the Olympic Games, the GDR's place always going to Lutz Hesslich in 1980 and 1988 (the GDR boycotted the 1984 Games in Los Angeles).
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