| Gerd Riss | |
| Nationality: | German |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Bad Wurzach, West Germany |
| Career1: | Germany |
| Years2: | 1983–1984 |
| Career3: | Pocking |
| Years3: | 1987 |
| Career4: | Landshut |
| Years4: | 1988–1992 |
| Career5: | Diedenbergen |
| Years5: | 1995–2004 |
| Career6: | Great Britain |
| Career7: | Poole Pirates |
| Years7: | 1984 |
| Career8: | Wolverhampton Wolves |
| Years8: | 1985 |
| Career9: | Ipswich Witches |
| Years9: | 1988 |
| Career10: | Poland |
| Career11: | Bydgoszcz |
| Years11: | 1999 |
| Indivyear1: | 1991, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Indivhonour1: | Long Track World champion |
| Indivyear2: | 1987, 1990 |
| Indivhonour2: | Continental champion |
| Indivyear3: | 1986 |
| Indivhonour3: | West German champion |
| Indivyear4: | 1992, 1994, 1996 |
| Indivhonour4: | German champion |
| Indivyear5: | 1988 |
| Indivhonour5: | West German Longtrack champion |
| Indivyear6: | 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009 |
| Indivhonour6: | German Longtrack champion |
| Teamyear1: | 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Teamhonour1: | Team Long Track World Championship |
| Teamyear2: | 1998, 2001 |
| Teamhonour2: | German Championship |
Gerd Riss (born 17 March 1965) is a former speedway rider from Germany, who competed in motorcycle speedway and Longtrack racing.[1] He is an eight-times World longtrack champion.[2] He also earned 22 international caps for the West German national speedway team and 12 international caps for the German national speedway team.[3]
Riss reached his first world longtrack final in 1984, finishing a creditable sixth behind Erik Gundersen, at the Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim in Herxheim, Germany.[4] He rode for MC Krumbach in 1983 and 1984 and started for the first time in the British leagues when he joined Poole Pirates for the 1984 British League season.[5]
Riss consistently reached the World longtrack final every year from 1984 until 1997 and in 1987 also appeared in the 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship final at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.[2]
Riss represented his country in four consecutive Speedway World Pairs Championship finals from 1988 until 1991[6] and was a member of German national team at the 2001 Speedway World Cup.
He cemented his place as being arguably the second best longtrack rider in the world behind Simon Wigg by winning the crown in 1991 and 1996. When the world championships of both the conventional oval and longtrack switched to a Grand Prix series, riders found it virtually impossible to compete in both. Riss decided to concentrate on longtrack and the decision paid dividends because he dominated longtrack speedway, winning six more world titles in 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009, to set a record of eight championship wins. Only Robert Barth prevented him from claiming more during the period.
In 2014, He was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.[7]
Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Karl Maier) - 4th - 36pts (14) Poznań, Olimpia Poznań Stadium (with Klaus Lausch - 4th - 18pts (9)
Marianske Lazne (Champion) 24pts Marianske Lazne (Third) 17pts Marianske Lazne First 2009, Second 2008
Marmande First 2009, Second 1999, 2007, Third 2006 Morizes First 2008, Second 2001, 2004
New Plymouth First 2004, Second 2003 St. Macaire Second 2010, Third 2008West Germany Longtrack Championship
German Championship
Grasstrack European Championship
Both of his sons Erik Riss and Mark Riss ride at the highest level.[8]