Robert Pfarr
{{Short description|American cyclist (1920–2006)}}
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| birth_place = Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
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| death_place = Somers, Wisconsin, United States
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Robert Pfarr (July 24, 1920 – October 15, 2006) was an American cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pf/robert-pfarr-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105548/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pf/robert-pfarr-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Robert Pfarr Olympic Results |accessdate=August 8, 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}} Pfarr also won the Wisconsin bicycle racing championship 12 times{{cite news|title=Pfarr Dethroned as Cycle Champ |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1773589/robert_pfarr_19202006/|newspaper=Janesville Daily Gazette|date=July 24, 1961|page=14|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 13, 2015 }} {{Open access}} and in 1951 he was selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Games in Buenos Aires.{{cite news|title=Will Represent U.S. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1773583/robert_pfarr_19202006/|newspaper=Janesville Daily Gazette|date=January 24, 1951|page=14|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = February 13, 2015}} {{Open access}}
He won the 1950 United States Cycling National Championships and finished second in 1960.
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- {{Find a Grave|16365501|Robert M. Pfarr}}
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Category:American male cyclists
Category:American track cyclists
Category:Olympic cyclists for the United States
Category:Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Kenosha, Wisconsin
Category:Cyclists from Wisconsin
Category:People from Somers, Wisconsin
Category:Sportspeople from Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Category:Cyclists at the 1959 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in cycling
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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