Karl KÖTHER

German cyclist Karl Köther, whose son Karl participated in the 1972 Olympics in München, claimed the bronze medal, together with his team-mate Hans Bernhardt, in the tandem sprint at Amsterdam in 1928. In 1926 and 1927 Köther sr. became German champion over one and ten kilometres. As an amateur he won more than 400 races before he turned professional in 1933. In 1936 he retired from racing but became the director of the Hannover Six Days race and was manager of the Hannover-Wülfel velodrome.