{{short description|German cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Klaus Ampler | image = Klaus Ampler 2.jpg | caption = Klaus Ampler in 1977 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|11|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Marienburg, West Prussia, Nazi Germany (modern Malbork, Poland) | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|05|06|1940|11|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Leipzig, Saxony, Germany | weight = | discipline = | role = | ridertype = | amateurteam1 = | amateuryears1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = }}

'''Klaus Ampler''' (15 November 1940 &ndash; 6 May 2016) was a German cyclist. His sporting career began with SC DHfK Leipzig.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Radsport Almanach 5|publisher=Junge Welt|year=1964|location=Berlin|pages=2}}</ref> He competed for East Germany in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/klaus-ampler-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022735/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/klaus-ampler-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Klaus Ampler Olympic Results |access-date=20 September 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> He won the peace race in 1963.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Schweiß. Autobiographie |last=Ampler |first=Klaus |year=2005 |isbn=3-9808816-9-5 |location=Gotha |pages=256}}</ref> He won the DDR Rundfahrt in 1962 and 1963. Ampler died at a nursing home in Leipzig on 6 May 2016 at the age of 75. He was the father of Uwe Ampler, who became a professional cyclist and was coached by his father in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/mecklenburg-vorpommern/article155136710/Frueherer-DDR-Radrennfahrer-Klaus-Ampler-gestorben.html | title=Früherer DDR-Radrennfahrer Klaus Ampler gestorben | language=de | newspaper=Die Welt | date=7 May 2016 | access-date=7 May 2016}}</ref>

==Books==

Klaus Ampler: ''Schweiß. Autobiographie.'' Gotha, 2005, {{ISBN|3-9808816-9-5}}. (German)

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