Antal Kocso Explained

Antal Kocso
Nationality:Hungarian
Birth Date:1962 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Szeged, Hungary
Career1:Great Britain
Career2:Bradford Dukes
Years2:1989, 1992, 1993
Career3:Poland
Career4:Gorzów
Years4:1991-1993
Indivyear1:1988
Indivhonour1:Speedway World Championship finalist

Antal Kocso (born 22 December 1962) is a former international speedway rider from Hungary.[1] He earned 18 caps for the Hungary national speedway team.[2]

Speedway career

Kocso reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1989-1993,[4] [5] riding for Bradford Dukes.[6] [7] Bradford signed him following an impressive showing at the 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship at Odsal,[8] where he scored 15 points.[9]

He was a member of the Hungarian national team that toured the United Kingdom in 1991[10] and competed in the last Speedway World Pairs Championship] at the 1993 Speedway World Pairs Championship in Vojens, Denmark.[11]

He has been on the podium three times during the Hungarian National Championships.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 10 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 3 September 2024.
  3. Web site: World Speedway finals. Speedway Researcher. 10 July 2021.
  4. Web site: History Archive. British Speedway. 10 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 10 July 2021.
  6. News: Kocso signs to boost Dukes' title challenge . Huddersfield Daily Examiner . 30 June 1992 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 3 September 2024.
  7. News: Iron Curtain Stars for Dukes? . Huddersfield Daily Examiner . 16 February 1989 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 27 August 2024.
  8. . It happened this week . Speedway Star . 11 . 13 August 2022 .
  9. Web site: The World Pairs Final 1988 . Speedway Plus . 5 January 2023.
  10. News: Hungary Challenge . The Scotsman . 19 April 1991 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 3 September 2024.
  11. News: Speedway . Western Daily Press . 2 August 1993 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 3 September 2024.