Christoph Betzl | |
Nationality: | German |
Birth Date: | 1949 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Rott am Inn, Germany |
Career1: | West Germany |
Years2: | 1980 |
Career2: | Landshut |
Career3: | Great Britain |
Career4: | Poole Pirates |
Years4: | 1975 |
Indivyear1: | 1979 |
Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Indivyear2: | 1979 |
Indivyear3: | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 |
Indivhonour3: | World Long Track finalist |
Christoph Betzl (born 13 February 1949) is a former international speedway rider from West Germany.[1] He earned 24 international caps for the West German national speedway team.[2]
Betzl reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship representing West Germany.[3] He has also reached the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship on eight occasions in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982. He won a bronze medal in the 1980 final and a silver medal in the 1981 final.[4]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Poole Pirates.[5] [6]