Remig Stumpf (25 March 1966 – 14 May 2019)Tragischer Unglücksfall: Die Radsportwelt trauert um Remig Stumpf
was a German cyclist. He competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in the 100 km team time trial and in the individual road race and finished in sixth and 14th place, respectively. He won the Tour of Berlin,

Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It is one of the oldest cycling races still runn ...

and

Rund um Düren The Rund um Düren is a cycling road race held in mid-April in Germany. The event, ranked at 1.2 on the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI European calendar, is contested around the city of Düren. Prior to 1996 it was an amateur event. Winners ...

in 1986. In 1989 he finished third in the Kellogg's

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

. He won the six-day race of Cologne in 1992 and 1993. Stumpf struggled to adjust to post-Olympic life. He murdered his wife Mirjam and committed suicide on 14 May 2019 in his home at Bergrheinfeld.

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1966 births 2019 suicides German male cyclists Olympic cyclists of West Germany Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics People from Schweinfurt Sportspeople from Lower Franconia Tour de Suisse stage winners Cyclists from Bavaria Murder–suicides in Germany Uxoricides {{Germany-cycling-bio-stub