Georg Gilgenreiner Explained

Georg Gilgenreiner
Nationality:German
Birth Date:1948 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Lenggries, Germany
Career1:West Germany
Years2:1980
Career2:Krumbach
Indivyear1:1980
Indivhonour1:West German Champion
Indivyear2:1981, 1982
Indivhonour2:World Long Track finalist
Teamyear1:1981
Teamhonour1:World Pairs finalist

Georg Gilgenreiner (born 28 August 1948) is a former international speedway rider from Germany.[1] [2]

Speedway career

Gilgenreiner was champion of West Germany in 1980 at the German Individual Speedway Championship.[3] [4]

He reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship in the 1981 Speedway World Pairs Championship.[5] He has also reached the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship on two occasions in 1981 and 1982.[1]

Gilgenreiner rode in the final of the 1981 and 1982 World Team Cup.[6]

World Final appearances

World Pairs Championship

World Team Cup

World Longtrack Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Georg Gilgenreiner. Grasstrack GB. 11 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Speedway Legend Manfred Poschi Poschenrieder is dead . Mittelschwäbische Nachrichten . 24 August 2024. subscription.
  3. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 87–91. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
  4. Book: Loader, Tony. Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. 1991. 166. 1036-4404.
  5. Web site: World Pairs Championship 1968-1993. Edinburgh Speedway. 11 July 2021.
  6. News: Ex Vikings through to World Finals . Hull Daily Mail . 7 August 1982 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 24 August 2024.