| Ronnie Genz | |
| Nationality: | British (English) |
| Birth Place: | Forest Gate, East London, England |
| Death Place: | Ilford, Essex |
| Career1: | New Cross Rangers |
| Years1: | 1950-1953 |
| Career2: | Wolverhampton Wasps |
| Years2: | 1951 |
| Career3: | Yarmouth Bloaters |
| Years3: | 1953 |
| Career4: | Oxford Cheetahs |
| Years4: | 1954-1964, 1968, 1970-1971 |
| Career5: | Poole Pirates |
| Years5: | 1965-1967 |
| Career6: | Newport Wasps |
| Years6: | 1971-1972 |
| Indivyear1: | 1961, 1962, 1965 |
| Indivhonour1: | British Championship finalist |
| Teamyear1: | 1964 |
| Teamhonour1: | National League winner |
| Teamyear2: | 1964 |
| Teamhonour2: | National Trophy winner |
| Teamyear3: | 1964 |
| Teamhonour3: | Britannia Shield Winner |
Ronald Joseph Genz (17 March 1930 – 28 August 2016) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from England.[1] [2] [3] He earned 7 international caps for the England national speedway team and one cap for the Great Britain team.[4]
Genz rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1950-1972, riding for various clubs[5] but primarily for Oxford Cheetahs.[6] He started his career for New Cross Rangers in 1950, after being demobbed from the army as dispatch rider.[7]
Genz reached the final of the British Speedway Championship in 1961, 1962 and 1965.[1] [8]
Genz suffered a fractured skull in a race crash late in the 1968 season.[9]