Leo Amberg

Leo Amberg
Personal information
Full nameLeo Amberg
Born(1912-03-23)23 March 1912
Ballwil, Switzerland
Died18 September 1999(1999-09-18) (aged 87)
Oberriet, Switzerland
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (1937)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1938)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1937, 1938)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Valkenburg Elite Men's Road Race

Leo Amberg (23 March 1912 – 18 September 1999) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his bronze medal in the 1938 UCI Road World Championships. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1937 and 1938.[1] He also rode in the 1947 Tour de France.[2]

  1. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ^ "34ème Tour de France 1947" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2015.