Armin von Büren (20 April 1928 – 10 February 2018) was a Swiss cyclist. A professional from 1948 to 1962 and a specialist in six-day races, he competed in 58 and won 13. He also won the European Madison Championships in 1953 and 1954 and the European Omnium Championships in 1956. He also occasionally competed on the road and won the

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in 1951 and 1953. His brothers Oskar and Émile were also professional cyclists.

Major results

Track

;1950 : 1st Six Days of Hanover (with

Hugo Koblet Hugo Koblet (; 21 March 1925 – 6 November 1964) was a Swiss champion cyclist. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia as well as competing in six-day and pursuit races on the track. He won 70 races as a professional. He died in a car ...

) : 3rd Six Days of Paris ;1951 : 1st (with

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) : 3rd Six Days of Saint-Étienne : 3rd Six Days of Berlin ;1952 : 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Hugo Koblet) : 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Hugo Koblet) : 1st

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(with Walter Bucher) : 1st Six Days of Kiel (with

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) : 3rd

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;1953 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

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(with Hugo Koblet) : 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Hugo Koblet) : 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Hugo Koblet) : 2nd Six Days of Dortmund : 3rd Six Days of Hanover ;1954 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

(with Hugo Koblet) : 1st Six Days of Zurich (with Hugo Koblet) : 2nd

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: 3rd Six Days of Frankfurt ;1955 : 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Hugo Koblet) ;1956 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...

: 1st (with Hugo Koblet) ;1957 : 1st MaillotSuiza

Sprint, National Championships : 1st Six Days of Zurich (with

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) : 1st

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(with Jean Roth) : 2nd

: 2nd

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;1959 : 1st MaillotSuiza

Sprint, National Championships ;1961 : 1st Six Days of Madrid (with Oscar Plattner) : 1st Six Days of New York (with Oscar Plattner)

Road

;1951 : 1st

;1952 : 1st Rund um Altdorf ;1953 : 1st

: 10th

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:von Buren, Armin 1928 births 2018 deaths Swiss male cyclists Swiss track cyclists Cyclists from Zürich