Heiri Suter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss racing cyclist (1899-1978)
Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1899
Place of Birth: Gränichen, Aargau, Switzerland
Date of Death: 06-Nov-1978
Profession: sport cyclist
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
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, Switerland'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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| Alternative names | Agence Meurisse | ||
| Description | French | ||
| Work period | between 1909 and 1937 | ||
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