Georg Drescher

Georg Drescher was a German track cyclist, born on 17 March 1870 and died on 23 October 1938. He competed in the men's sprint event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he was eliminated in an early round. Olympedia records that he was born in Mainz and was active in many sports besides cycling, among them weightlifting, wrestling, swimming and billiards, and that he cofounded the heavy athletics club ASV Mainz 1888 and, in 1902, the Mainz rowing society. He also led the Mainz hockey club and the Mainz skating club for many years and served as Carnival President of the Mainzer Prinzengarde. He died in Vienna in 1938 after suffering a heart attack during the European Weightlifting Championships there.