Armin von Büren (20 April 1928 – 10 February 2018) was a Swiss cyclist. A professional from 1948 to 1962 and a specialist in six-day races, he competed in 58 and won 13. He also won the European Madison Championships in 1953 and 1954 and the European Omnium Championships in 1956. He also occasionally competed on the road and won the

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in 1951 and 1953. His brothers Oskar and Émile were also professional cyclists.

Major results

Track

;1950 : 1st Six Days of Hanover (with

Hugo Koblet Hugo Koblet (; 21 March 1925 – 6 November 1964) was a Switzerland, Swiss champion cycle sport, cyclist. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia as well as competing in six-day and pursuit races on the track. He won 70 races as a profe ...

) : 3rd Six Days of Paris ;1951 : 1st (with

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) : 3rd

Six Days of Saint-Étienne The Six Days of Saint-Étienne was a six-day track cycling race held annually in the ''Vélodrome de Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire ...

: 3rd Six Days of Berlin ;1952 : 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Hugo Koblet) : 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Hugo Koblet) : 1st

Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent () is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of ...

(with Walter Bucher) : 1st Six Days of Kiel (with Jean Roth) : 3rd

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;1953 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Madison,

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(with Hugo Koblet) : 1st

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Cycle races in Belgi ...

(with Hugo Koblet) : 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Hugo Koblet) : 2nd Six Days of Dortmund : 3rd Six Days of Hanover ;1954 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Madison,

(with Hugo Koblet) : 1st Six Days of Zurich (with Hugo Koblet) : 2nd Six Days of Antwerp : 3rd Six Days of Frankfurt ;1955 : 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Hugo Koblet) ;1956 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Omnium An omnium (from Latin ''omnium'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that f ...

: 1st (with Hugo Koblet) ;1957 : 1st MaillotSuiza

Sprint, National Championships : 1st Six Days of Zurich (with

Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Schulte (7 January 1916 – 26 February 1992) was a The Netherlands, Dutch professional Track cycling, track bicycle racer. Between 1940 and 1960 he won 19 Six-day racing, six-day races out of 73 starts and was one of the dominant Six ...

) : 1st Six Days of Münster (with Jean Roth) : 2nd Six Days of Antwerp : 2nd

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;1959 : 1st MaillotSuiza

Sprint, National Championships ;1961 : 1st Six Days of Madrid (with

Oscar Plattner Oscar Plattner (17 February 1922 – 21 August 2002) was a Swiss cyclist. National and International Wins Every year between and including 1944 and 1946, Plattner won the Swiss National Amateur Sprint Championships. In 1946, he additionally won t ...

) : 1st

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(with Oscar Plattner)

Road

;1951 : 1st

;1952 : 1st Rund um Altdorf ;1953 : 1st

: 10th

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:von Buren, Armin 1928 births 2018 deaths Swiss male cyclists Swiss track cyclists Cyclists from Zurich 20th-century Swiss sportsmen