Frits Koppe

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Frits Koppe
Born1 February 1953 (1953-02) (age 71) [1]
Voorburg, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Career history
1978 King's Lynn Stars
Individual honours
1977, 1985Dutch champion

Frits Koppe (born 1 February 1953) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Netherlands. [2] [3] [4] [5] He earned 21 caps for the Netherlands national speedway team. [1]

Career

Koppe came to prominence in 1977 after he became the Dutch champion, when winning the national title. [6] This led to him being signed by the King's Lynn Stars for the 1978 British League season [7] and rode in a cup semi-final. [8] [9]

Despite only spending the one season in the British leagues, Koppe represented the Netherlands national team for 12 years of World Cups from 1975 to 1981 and 1984 to 1986. He also rode for the Netherlands in the Speedway World Pairs Championship [10] and would ride for them 21 times in total. He would also capture a second national title in 1985. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1978). 1978 Speedway Yearbook, Rider Bio Frits Koppe. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN   978-0904584509.
  3. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook, rider profile Frits Koppe. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
  4. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990, Rider Bio Frits Koppe. Front Page Books. ISBN   0-948882-15-8.
  5. ↑ Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who, Frits Koppe. Peter Oakes, Peterborough. ISBN   0-948882-81-6.
  6. ↑ "Dutch National Championship". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Morale booster for slick Stars" . Lynn Advertiser. 8 August 1978. Retrieved 2 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Koppe gets new bike for Cup semi-final" . Lynn Advertiser. 8 September 1978. Retrieved 2 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Frits Koppe". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Speedway World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 4 May 2023.


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