Dieter Kemper (11 August 1937 – 11 October 2018)Ein emotionaler Rückblick: Radsport-Fans trauern um Dieter Kemper was a German cyclist who competed professionally between 1961 and 1980. During his career he won one UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1975, seven European titlesEuropameisterschaften. Stayer.de and 26 six-day road races. He finished three times in third place at world championships, in motor-paced racing and individual pursuit disciplines.
Before starting to train in cycling in 1957 he was a successful water polo player with SV Westphalia in Dortmund. In 1961 he started in the Tour de France but had to withdraw early due to a crash.
He had another bad crash on 5 December 1976 during a motor-paced race in Cologne, when he was hit hard in the head and spent nine days in a coma.
After retiring from cycling he moved to North Holland with his wife, who later died of brain tumor in 2008.
+Six-day racesNo.YearPlacePartner11964MünsterHorst Oldenburg21965BerlinRudi Altig31965FrankfurtRudi Altig41966CologneRudi Altig51966BremenRudi Altig61966MünsterHorst Oldenburg 71967BerlinHorst Oldenburg81967MelbourneHorst Oldenburg91967DortmundHorst Oldenburg 101968MelbourneLeandro Faggin111969CologneHorst Oldenburg121969MilaanHorst Oldenburg131969BerlinKlaus Bugdahl141969ZurichKlaus Bugdahl151970MilanNorbert Seeuws161971GroningenKlaus Bugdahl171971DortmundKlaus Bugdahl181971MünsterKlaus Bugdahl191971ZurichKlaus Bugdahl 201972GroningenKlaus Bugdahl211973BremenGraeme Gilmore221974KeulenGraeme Gilmore231974CastelgombertoMarino Basso241975DortmundGraeme Gilmore251976KeulenWilfried Peffgen261976CopenhagenGraeme Gilmore
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