Walter Bucher (cyclist)

Walter Bucher
Bucher at the 1959 World Championships
Personal information
Born(1926-06-08)8 June 1926
Zurich, Switzerland
Died6 March 2025(2025-03-06) (aged 98)
Zurich, Switzerland
Medal record
Representing  Switzerland
Motor-paced World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1955 Milan Professionals
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Copenhagen Professionals
Silver medal – second place 1957 Rocourt Professionals
Gold medal – first place 1958 Paris Professionals
Silver medal – second place 1959 Amsterdam Professionals

Walter Bucher (8 June 1926 – 6 March 2025) was a Swiss cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] Between 1955 and 1959 he won a medal at every UCI Motor-paced World Championships, including a gold medal in 1958. He also won five national titles in motor-paced racing (1955, 1957–1960).[2][3]

Bucher was also a successful road cyclist, winning 11 six-day races out of 66.[4] He missed the 1961 UCI Track World Championships in his native Zurich due to a bad fall earlier that year. Next year he stopped cycling and founded a shipping company. He retired in 1992 due to an accident at work.[5]

Bucher died in Zurich on 6 March 2025, at the age of 98.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Walter Bucher". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ Walter Bucher. radsportseiten.net
  3. ^ Track Cycling World Championships 2012 to 1893. bikecult.com
  4. ^ Roger De Maertelaere (2000). De Mannen van de Nacht. 100 jaar zesdaagsen. De Eecloonaar, Eeklo, ISBN 90-74128-67-X, p. 195
  5. ^ Peter Schnyder (2012). 100 Jahre Faszination Radsport – Rennbahn Oerlikon, AS Verlag Zürich, ISBN 3909111955, p. 96
  6. ^ "Der letzte Schweizer Rad-Star der goldenen 50er-Jahre ist tot". Blick. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  7. ^ Walter Bucher, 98. In: NZZ am Sonntag, 16. März 2025, S. 25.