Klaus Ampler (15 November 1940 – 6 May 2016) was a German

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 DHfK Leipzig. 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

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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 ...

. He won the

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in 1963. He won the DDR Rundfahrt in 1962 and 1963. Ampler died at a nursing home in Leipzig on 6 May 2016 at the age of 75. He was the father of

Uwe Ampler Uwe Ampler (born 11 October 1964) is a retired track and road cyclist who competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Jan Schur, Mario Kumm ...

, who became a professional cyclist and was coached by his father in the 1980s.

Books

Klaus Ampler: ''Schweiß. Autobiographie.'' Gotha, 2005, . (German)

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* 1940 births 2016 deaths Sportspeople from Malbork Sportspeople from West Prussia Socialist Unity Party of Germany members East German male cyclists Olympic cyclists for East Germany Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics East German sportspeople in doping cases Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold Recipients of the Banner of Labor Recipients of the Medal of Merit of the GDR Cyclists from Leipzig Cyclists from Bezirk Leipzig {{Germany-cycling-bio-stub