Georg Hack

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Georg Hack
Born (1950-02-20) 20 February 1950 (age 74)
Landshut, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Career history
West Germany
1974 Bopfingen
1975–1986 Landshut
Great Britain
1978-1979, 1983 Ipswich Witches
Individual honours
1982 Speedway World Championship finalist
1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 World Long Track finalist

Georg Hack (born 20 February 1950) is a former international speedway rider from West Germany. [1] He earned 26 international caps for the West German national speedway team. [2]

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Speedway career

Hack reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship representing West Germany. [3] He has also reached the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship on eight occasions during the period 1977 until 1985. [4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Ipswich Witches. [5] [6]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

World Team Cup

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References

  1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. "Georg Hack". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.