Hans Lutz (born 31 March 1949) is a retired

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

and

road bicycle racer 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 ...

from

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, who represented

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at the

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, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the Men's Team Pursuit, alongside

Gregor Braun Gregor Braun (; born 31 December 1955) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989 and who became a multiple Olympic Gold medaillist and track world champion. his profession was ...

Peter Vonhof Peter Vonhof (born 15 January 1949) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the Men's Team Pursuit, a ...

and

Günther Schumacher Günther Schumacher (born 27 June 1949) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer born in East Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1984. He twice represented West Germany at the Summer Olympics (1972 and 1976), and won ...

. Four years earlier, when

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hosted the

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, he won the bronze medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit. 1973, 1974 and 1975 Hans Lutz became world champion with the West German track four times in a row

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* 1949 births Living people German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of West Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Sportspeople from Stuttgart Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics German track cyclists Cyclists from Baden-Württemberg {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub