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]

Hack rode in the final of the 1981 and 1982 World Team Cup. [5]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Ipswich Witches. [6] [7] [8]

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. ↑ "Ex Vikings through to World Finals" . Hull Daily Mail. 7 August 1982. Retrieved 24 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Cup stars may go" . Suffolk and Essex Free Press. 26 October 1978. Retrieved 24 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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