Hans BERNHARDT

German cyclist Hans Bernhardt came fourth in the men’s track sprint at Amsterdam in 1928, having lost the race for third place against Denmark's Willy Falck Hansen. With team-mate Karl Köther, however, Bernhardt won the bronze medal in the tandem sprint. The same year Bernhardt won his only National title in the 1,000 metres time-trial. During World War II he was killed in action in 1940 in Amsterdam, the scene of his Olympic success, and was buried in Ysselsteyn.