Hans Jürgen Fritz

Hans Jürgen Fritz
Born2 June 1941 (1941-06-02)
Nazi Germany
Died24 August 1996(1996-08-24) (aged 55)
NationalityGerman
Career history
East Germany
1964–1966Neubrandenburg
1967–1974Güstrow
Individual honours
1970, 1971, 1972East German champion
1970Continental Champion
1970Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1968, 1972, 1973, 1974East German league champion

Hans Jürgen Fritz (2 June 1941 – 24 August 1996) was an international speedway rider from East Germany.[1]

Speedway career

Fritz reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2][3]

Fritz was three times champion of East Germany after winning the German Individual Speedway Championship in 1970, 1971 and 1972.[4][5]

He rode for MC Neubrandenburg and MC Güstrow, winning the East German Team Speedway Championship with the latter, four times in 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1974.[6]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

  • 1967 - Soviet Union 3 rounds, 13th - 10pts
  • 1968 - Soviet Union 2 rounds, 6th - 35pts

References

  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "England's glory". Derby Daily Telegraph. 4 July 1970. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ "East Germany National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 87. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  6. ^ "East German Team Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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