Hans-Jürgen Geschke (also known as Tutti, born 7 July 1943) is a German former

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 ...

who competed for

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics. After having won the silver medal in the 2000 m tandem, alongside Werner Otto, he claimed the bronze medal in the 1000 m sprint in 1976. At the world championships Geschke and Otto won two gold, one silver and one bronze medal in the tandem in 1969–1973, and Geschke added a sprint gold in 1977. Geschke is the father of road racing cyclist

Simon Geschke Simon Geschke (born 13 March 1986) is a German professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Biography He is the son of former track cyclist Jürgen Geschke. In the 2015 Tour de France, Geschke won a mountain stage as he ...

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* 1943 births Living people East German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Cyclists from Berlin Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics People from East Berlin {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub