Edwin Ziegler (25 February 1930 – 19 March 2020) was a German

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road race at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Helsinki, Finland Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city' ...

, behind two Belgians:

André Noyelle André Noyelle (29 November 1931 – 4 February 2003) was a road racing cyclist from Belgium. He won the gold medal in the men's individual road race at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. At the same tournament he also claimed the ...

(gold) and

Robert Grondelaers Robert Grondelaers (28 February 1933 – 22 August 1989) was a road cyclist from Belgium. He won the silver medal in the men's individual road race at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, ...

(silver). He was a professional rider from 1957 to 1959.

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* * 1930 births 2020 deaths People from Schweinfurt Sportspeople from Lower Franconia German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Bavaria Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century German people {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub