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Heiri Suter

Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (died 1978)

Born
July 10, 1899
Died
November 6, 1978
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1899

About Heiri Suter

Heinrich 'Heiri' Suter (10 July 1899 – 6 November 1978) was a Swiss road racing cyclist. Excelling mainly in the classics, Suter was the first non-Belgian winner of the Tour of Flanders in 1923. Two weeks after his win in the Tour of Flanders, he won Paris–Roubaix, becoming the first cyclist to win both classics in the same year. He also holds a record six victories in Züri-Metzgete, Switzerland's most important one-day race. Suter won 58 professional races, including: Grand Prix Wolber (unofficial world championship): (1922, 1925) Road champion of Switzerland: (1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929) motor-paced champion of Switzerland: (1932, 1933) Züri-Metzgete: (1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1929) Paris–Roubaix: (1923) Tour of Flanders: (1923) Bordeaux–Paris (1925) Paris–Tours: (1926, 1927)

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The world when Heiri Suter was born

Heiri Suter was born in 1899. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlinePhilippine-American War begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst magnetic recording of sound
  • World population~1.59B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population72.0M

1899 versus 2026

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Measure18992026
Population72.0M341 million

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