Oscar Plattner (17 February 1922 – 21 August 2002) was a Swiss cyclist.[1]
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| Full name | Oscar Ernest Plattner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Le Machiavel du Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 February 1922 Tschappina, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 August 2002 (aged 80) Zürich, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track, Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1947–1949 | Tebag | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1952 | Condor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1958 | Raleigh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Condor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | Condor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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National and International Wins edit
Every year between and including 1944 and 1946, Plattner won the Swiss National Amateur Sprint Championships. In 1946, he additionally won the World Amateur Sprint Championships. From 1947 until 1964, Plattner competed in the Swiss National Sprint Championships and won every year he participated. Another notable achievement is his title at the World Sprint Championships in 1952.
Plattner won the Tour de Berne in 1950 and the Grand Prix du Paris in 1953. He won the Six Days of Copenhagen in 1951, with Kay Werner Nielsen; the Six Days of Hannover in 1953, with Hans Preiskeit; the Six Days of Antwerp in 1953, with Achiel Bruneel, and in 1962, with Peter Post and Rik Van Looy; the Six Days of Paris in 1956, with Walter Bucher and Jean Roth; the Six Days of Aarhus in 1956, with Fritz Pfenniger; and the Six Days of Madrid and the Six Days of New York in 1961, both with Armin von Büren. Plattner also won the national Madison championships in 1958 and 1959 with Walter Bucher.
Major results edit
- 1944
- 1st
National Amateur Sprint Championships - 1945
- 1st National Amateur Sprint Championships
- 1946
- 1st
World Amateur Sprint Championships - 1st National Amateur Sprint Championships
- 1947
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1948
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1949
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1950
- 1st Tour de Berne
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1951
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
- 1952
- 1st World Sprint Championships
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1953
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1st Grand Prix de Paris
- 1st Six Days of Hannover (with Hans Preiskeit)
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Achiel Bruneel)
- 1954
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1955
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1956
- 1st Six Days of Paris (with Walter Bucher and Jean Roth)
- 1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Fritz Pfenninger)
- 1958
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1st National Madison Championships (with Walter Bucher)
- 1959
- 1st National Madison Championships (with Walter Bucher)
- 1960
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1961
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1st Six Days of Madrid (with Armin von Büren)
- 1st Six Days of New York (with Armin von Büren)
- 1962
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Peter Post and Rik Van Looy)
- 1963
- 1st National Sprint Championships
- 1964
- 1st National Sprint Championships
References edit
- ^ "Oscar Plattner". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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