Horst Gnas
Horst Gnas in 1970
Personal information
Born (1941-09-03) 3 September 1941
Dessau, Germany
Sport
SportMotor-paced racing
Medal record
Representing  West Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1970 LeicesterAmateur
Gold medal – first place1971 VareseAmateur
Gold medal – first place1972 MarseilleAmateur
Gold medal – first place1973 San SebastianAmateur

Horst Gnas (born 3 September 1941) is a retired German cyclist who specialized in motor-paced racing. In this discipline he won the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1971-1973 and finished second in 1970. He teamed with the famous Dutch pacer Bruno Walrave.[1]

His wife was fatally injured in a car accident while he was competing at the 1973 World Championships, leaving him with two daughters of eight and ten years old. Gnas retired from competitions in 1977 due to injuries, remarried, and opened two cleaning companies in Nuremberg and Röthenbach an der Pegnitz. His second wife Renata died in October 2008 of a sudden organ failure.[2]

References

  1. Horst Gnas. radsportseiten.net
  2. Mit dem Rad durch ein bewegtes Leben. nordbayern.de (2009-06-21)
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