Axel Hermann Peschel (born 2 August 1942) is a German former

cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

. His sporting career began with SC Dynamo Berlin. He competed for

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

in the

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

. Peschel won the Peace Race in 1968. He won the DDR Rundfahrt in 1965 and 1967. His son, Uwe Peschel, won Olympic gold in cycling at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

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* 1942 births Living people East German male cyclists Olympic cyclists for East Germany Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Saxony-Anhalt People from Anhalt-Bitterfeld Sportspeople from Bezirk Halle {{Germany-cycling-bio-stub