Erich Hagen (11 December 1936 – 26 May 1978) was a German cyclist who competed at the

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1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. His sporting career began with SC Wissenschaft Leipzig. In 1956, he finished in 22nd place in the individual road race. His team won a bronze medal in the road race, but he did not score. In 1960, he won a silver medal in the 100 km team time trial and finished 21st in the road race. In 1960, he won the multistage

Peace Race The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...

. Nationally, he won three titles between 1956 and 1958. After retiring from cycling he worked as a taxi driver and died in a road crash.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hagen, Erich 1936 births 1978 deaths German male cyclists German track cyclists Olympic cyclists of the United Team of Germany Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Leipzig Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Road incident deaths in Germany German taxi drivers Cyclists from Saxony 20th-century German people