Willy Arend

Willy Arend was a German track cyclist, born on 2 May 1876 in Hannover and died on 25 March 1964 in Berlin. He had a long career as a professional, racing from 1896 through 1923. He was world champion in the sprint in 1897 and runner-up in 1903, and he was the first German sprint champion in 1896, repeating the title in 1897 and again 24 years later in 1921. He also won European championships in the 10 km track race in 1897, 1898 and 1901, and later in his career he won six-day races at Kiel and Bremen in 1910. He took part in the professional events at the 1900 Olympics in Paris, which are listed by Olympedia as non-medal events, including the sprint, the tandem sprint with George Banker and the team sprint.