Carly LORENZ

German cyclist Carl “Carly” Lorenz was the German tandem champion with Ernst Ihbe in 1936. At the Berlin Olympic Games the same year won the gold medal. Lorenz was convened in the last days of World War II 1945 in the “Volkssturm”, but deserted on his bicycle. He later became a cycling coach in the former GDR and was in charge of the Olympic pursuit and tandem mixed German teams at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. At the Rome Games, his protégés won two silver medals.