Karl-Heinz Henrichs (1 July 1942 – 3 April 2008) was a German

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

. Together with his teammates he won the gold medal in the

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

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and the silver medal at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

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Obituary at RC Bocholt
1942 births 2008 deaths German male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the United Team of Germany Olympic cyclists of West Germany German track cyclists Olympic medalists in cycling People from Wesel (district) Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) Cyclists from North Rhine-Westphalia Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century German people {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub