Werner Potzernheim

{{Short description|German cyclist (1927–2014)}}

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| birth_place = Hamburg, Weimar Republic

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|4|22|1927|3|8|df=yes}}

| death_place = Hemmingen, Germany

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{{MedalSport | Men's track cycling}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 1952 Helsinki | Sprint Scratch Race }}

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Werner Potzernheim (8 March 1927 – 22 April 2014) was a German road bicycle and track cyclist, who won the bronze medal in the men's 1.000m sprint scratch race at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland behind Enzo Sacchi (Italy) and Lionel Cox (Australia).{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/werner-potzernheim-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224319/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/werner-potzernheim-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Werner Potzernheim Olympic Results |accessdate=2013-01-01 |work=sports-reference.com}} He was a professional rider from 1954 to 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/radsport-werner-potzernheim-gestorben/9798762.html |title=Radsport: Werner Potzernheim gestorben - Sport - Tagesspiegel |language=German |publisher=Tagesspiegel.de |date= |accessdate=2014-04-25}} Originally from Hamburg, Werner Potzernheim moved to Hanover in 1950.