Hans Jürgen Fritz

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Hans Jürgen Fritz
Born2 June 1941 (1941-06-02)
Neubrandenburg
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]

Fritz was three times champion of East Germany after winning the German Individual Speedway Championship in 1970, 1971 and 1972.[3]

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.[4]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

  • Olympic Stadium
    – 12th – 5pts

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. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ^ "East Germany National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ "East German Team Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2024.