Bernd Diener Explained

Bernd Diener
Nationality:	German
Birth Date:	19 June 1959
Birth Place:	Gengenbach, West Germany
Career1:	Germany
Career2:	Diedenbergen
Years2:	1984, 2003–2006, 2009, 2012
Indivyear1:	1999
Indivhonour1:	European Grasstrack Champion
Indivyear2:	2000
Indivhonour2:	German Longtrack champion
Indivyear3:	1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2015
Indivhonour3:	Northern German Longtrack champion
Teamyear1:	2008, 2012
Teamhonour1:	World Longtrack Team Champion

Bernd Diener (born 19 June 1959) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Germany. He competed in Speedway, Longtrack and Grasstrack and is a two times World longtrack team champion.^[1]

Career

Diener has twice been on the podium in the World Longtrack Championship 1996 & 2004. He became a team World longtrack team champion in 2008 and 2012 respectively.^[2]

Diener won the European Grasstrack Championship in 1999.^[3]

Diener won the German national longtrack championship in 2000 and went on to finish fifth in the World Championship that year.^[4] Diener won the German championship silver medal three times and bronze medal seven times spanning the years 1995 to 2019.^[5]

Diener retired in 2023.^[6]

World Longtrack Championship

One Day Finals

• 1986 Pfarrkirchen (7th) 10pts
• 1992 Pfarrkirchen (16th) 2pts
• 1993 Mühldorf (13th) 6pts
• 1994 Mariánské Lázně(6th) 15pts
• 1995 Scheeßel(15th) 3pts
• 1996 Herxheim (Runner-up) 23pts

Grand-Prix

• 1998 - 4 apps (12th) 38pts
• 1999 - 5 apps (7th) 56pts
• 2000 - 5 apps (5th) 60pts
• 2001 - 4 apps (7th) 45pts
• 2002 - 2 apps (16th) 24pts
• 2003 - 6 apps (7th) 58pts
• 2004 - 5 apps (Third) 71pts
• 2005 - 4 apps (13th) 27pts
• 2006 - 3 apps (14th) 18pts
• 2007 - 3 apps (9th) 34pts
• 2008 - did not compete
• 2009 - 4 apps (20th) 12pts
• 2010 - 1 app (24th) 3pts
• 2011 - did not compete
• 2012 - 4 apps (14th) 34pts
• 2013 - did not compete
• 2014 - 1 apps (20th) 5pts
• 2015 - did not compete
• 2016 - did not compete
• 2017 - did not compete
• 2018 - 5 apps (7th) 54pts

Best Grand-Prix Results

• Forus Second 2012
• Parchim Third 2001, 2002
• Marmande Third 2004
• Herxheim Third 2018

Team Championship

• 2008 Wertle (First) 7/45pts (Rode with Gerd Riss, Stephan Katt, Matthias Kroger)
• 2012 St. Macaire (First) 22/48 (Rode with Matthias Kroger, Jorg Tebbe, Stephan Katt)

European Grasstrack Championship

Finals

• 1988 Nandlastadt (14th) 4pts
• 1994 Cloppenburg (8th) 11pts
• 1995 Joure (Second) 22pts
• 1999 Werlte (Champion) 25pts
• 2000 Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun (4th) 15pts
• 2001 Noordwolde (5th) 12pts
• 2005 Schwarme (7th) 11pts
• 2006 La Réole (5th) 18pts
• 2007 Folkestone (8th) 9pts
• 2009 Berghaupten (10th) 11pts
• 2015 Staphorst (9th) 16pts
• 2017 Hertingen (9th) 15pts

References

• https://www.speedweek.com/langbahngp/news/133724/Bernd-Diener-ist-mit-59-Jahren-immer-noch-Weltspitze.html
• https://www.speedweek.com/steckbrief/285/Bernd-Diener.html
• https://www.stadtanzeiger-ortenau.de/tag/bernd-diener

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bernd Diener . Stadtanzeiger Ortenau . 24 August 2024.
2. Web site: World Longtrack Team World Champions . Grasstrack GB . 1 April 2024.
3. Web site: Bernd Diener . GrasstrackGB . 1 April 2024.
4. News: Strongest ever line-up of track stars for Wainfleet's Poacher International . Horncastle News . 23 August 2000 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2024.
5. Web site: Deutsche Langbahnmeisterschaft . Speedway Yesterday . 1 April 2024.
6. Web site: Bernd Diener fährt ein letztes Mal . Baden online . 24 August 2024.