death_place death_date birth_place sport birth_date article_title
bad harzburg , germany 24 may 1964 -lrb- aged 59 -rrb- hannover , germany cycling 3 may 1905 erich möller

erich möller

erich möller -lrb- 3 may 1905 -- 24 may 1964 -rrb- was a german cyclist .
he won a gold , silver and bronze medal at the uci motor-paced world championships in 1930 , 1931 and 1932 , respectively .
he started competing at age 15 , mostly in road cycling .
in 1922 , he finished third in the national road championships , and won them in 1924 .
in 1925 , he changed to professional motor-paced cycling and was a world leading competitor in this discipline in 1930 -- 1932 .
he retired in 1937 and opened several bicycle shops in hannover , where after world war ii he was producing and selling his own `` möller '' bikes .
in addition , he initiated and supported cycling events and worked as a cycling functionary .
in 1948 , he became the first post-war president of the german cycling federation .
