Lothar Claesges

{{Short description|German cyclist (1942–2021)}}

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| birth_place = Krefeld, Germany

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| death_place = Krefeld, Germany

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{{MedalSport|Men's cycling}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

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Lothar Claesges (3 July 1942 – 12 November 2021) was a German cyclist. He won the gold medal in the Men's team pursuit at the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=1396|title= Lothar Claesges |publisher=cycling archives|access-date=25 August 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/lothar-claesges-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220847/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/lothar-claesges-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Lothar Claesges |publisher=www.sports-reference.com|access-date=25 August 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/sport/sportevent.htm?sp=CYC&enum=170 |title=Medal Winners |publisher=www.databaseolympics.com |access-date=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113190536/http://databaseolympics.com/sport/sportevent.htm?sp=CYC&enum=170 |archive-date=13 November 2012 }} He died on 12 November 2021, at the age of 79.{{cite web |title=Trauer um Lothar Claesges |url=http://www.bdr-medienservice.de/nachrichten/trauer-um-claesges |website=BDR |access-date=25 November 2021}}