Zoltán Adorján Explained

Zoltán Adorján
Nationality:Hungarian
Birth Date:1961 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Debrecen, Hungary
Career1:Poland
Years2:1991–1995
Career2:Rzeszów
Years3:1996
Career3:Kraków
Years4:1997
Career4:Grudziądz
Years5:1998–2000
Career5:Lublin
Indivyear1:1989, 1995
Indivhonour1:Continental Champion
Indivyear2:13 times
Indivhonour2:Hungarian champion
Indivyear3:1991
Indivhonour3:German Champion
Indivyear4:1996
Indivhonour4:Argentinian Champion
Teamyear1:1990
Teamhonour1:World Pairs Championship bronze

Zoltán Adorján (born 15 November 1961 in Debrecen, Hungary) is former international motorcycle speedway rider.[1] He is a 13 times Hungarian national champion and earned 51 caps for the Hungary national speedway team.[2]

Career

Adorján came to prominence when he reached the 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship final.[3] [4] Four years later in 1989 he won the Continental Speedway Final on the way to reaching his second World final.[4] [5]

The following year he teamed up with Sándor Tihanyi to secure a first medal at world level for Hungary when they won a bronze at the 1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship in Germany.[6] [7] He was a member of the Hungarian national team that toured the United Kingdom in 1991[8] and competed in the last Speedway World Pairs Championship] at the 1993 Speedway World Pairs Championship in Vojens, Denmark.[9]

On 30 July 1995, he won the Continental Final, which formed part of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification. It was the second time he had won the final having previously won it in 1989.[10] In 1996, he won the Argentine Championship.[11]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

See also

Notes and References

  1. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
  2. Web site: Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 3 September 2024.
  3. News: Aces saved by Halifax . Manchester Evening News . 3 August 1985 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 3 September 2024.
  4. Web site: HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK. Speedway.org. 9 January 2023.
  5. Book: Oakes, Peter . Speedway Yearbook 1990 . 1990 . 12 . Front Page Books . 0-948882-15-8.
  6. News: Moran blast after injury . Manchester Evening News . 23 July 1990 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 3 September 2024.
  7. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 9 January 2023.
  8. News: Hungary Challenge . The Scotsman . 19 April 1991 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 3 September 2024.
  9. News: Speedway . Western Daily Press . 2 August 1993 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 3 September 2024.
  10. Web site: Individual Championship . Speedway.org . 9 January 2023.
  11. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1930-2022 Argentinian Individual Speedway Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 21 January 2023.