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 the World Amateur Sprint Championships. From 1947 until 1964, Plattner competed in the Swiss National Sprint Championships and won every year he participated. Another notable achievement is his title at the World Sprint Championships in 1952.

Plattner won the Tour de Berne in 1950 and the Grand Prix du Paris in 1953. He won the Six Days of Copenhagen in 1951, with Kay Werner Nielsen; the Six Days of Hannover in 1953, with Hans Preiskeit; the Six Days of Antwerp in 1953, with Achiel Bruneel, and in 1962, with Peter Post and Rik Van Looy; the Six Days of Paris in 1956, with Walter Bucher and Jean Roth; the Six Days of Aarhus in 1956, with Fritz Pfenniger; and the Six Days of Madrid and the Six Days of New York in 1961, both with Armin von Büren. Plattner also won the national Madison championships in 1958 and 1959 with Walter Bucher.

Major results

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950 1st Tour de Berne

1951

1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Kay Werner Nielsen) 1952

1953

1st Grand Prix de Paris 1st Six Days of Hannover (with Hans Preiskeit) 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Achiel Bruneel) 1954

1955

1956 1st Six Days of Paris (with Walter Bucher and Jean Roth) 1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Fritz Pfenninger) 1958

1959

1960

1961

1st Six Days of Madrid (with Armin von Büren) 1st Six Days of New York (with Armin von Büren) 1962

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Peter Post and Rik Van Looy) 1963

1964