Gerd Riss

Gerd Riss ( born March 17, 1965) is a former German motorcycle racer, who was active on the dirt track on both the short-range ( Speedway ) and on the long-distance ( long course ).

Career

In 1981 Gerd crack in Krumbach with motorsport. During his playing days, he started in the Speedway for the MSC Diedenbergen and on the long course for the Motorsport Association Herxheim.

Eight times (1991, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009), he managed to win the world title on the long course. Eleven times (1988, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2009 ), he became German champion on the long course, five times (1986, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1996 ) German Champion in Speedway. He was also in 2007, 2008 and 2009 with the German national team world champion on the long course. Also Gerd plan was to be an excellent driver Speedway several times in the Speedway World Final: 1987 in Amsterdam / NL, 1989 in Munich Olympic Stadium / D, 1991 in Gothenburg / S and 1993 in Pocking / D. 1990 was the winner of the Continental Crack - finals in the north / D ( ie European final ) qualified for the World Cup final in Bradford / UK, but previously injured and could not attend there. 1990 plan was therefore also Speedway European Champion. In introduced in 1995 Speedway World Championship Grand Prix crack appeared as a wildcard rider: GP Germany 1995 Abensberg Platz 4, GP Germany 1996 Pocking, GP Germany 1998 Pocking and GP Czech Republic in Prague / CZ 1998. For Germany plan has already participated in the 80 years of the Best Pairs Championship and stood in the German speedway team, with which he participated in the team 's World Cup since 1986. In the British Speedway professional league Gerd crack had in the 80s among others a longer contract at the Ipswich Witches.

In May 2011, he finished his career due to health problems due to a heavy crash at the French World Championship race 2010 in Marmande.

Personal

The trained master carpenter is married and has two sons. He lives with his family in Seibranz a partial town of Bad Wurzach. His two sons, Mark and Erik crack crack are already successfully entered into his athletic footsteps.