Tommy Dunker
Appearance
Born | Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany | 26 June 1969
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Died | 4 July 2024 | (aged 55)
Nationality | German |
Career history | |
West Germany | |
1985 | MC Norden |
1987–1991 | Diedenbergen |
Germany | |
1997 | Landshut |
Poland | |
1991 | Opole |
Individual honours | |
1997 | Long Track World Champion |
Tommy Dunker (26 June 1969 – 4 July 2024) was a German speedway rider who competed in speedway, Longtrack and Grasstrack Racing. He competed in the first One World Longtrack world championship Grand-Prix series in 1997 and won the title. Dunker died on 4 July 2024, at the age of 55.[1]
World Longtrack Championship
[edit]Grand-Prix Years
[edit]- 1997 5 app (Champion) 89pts
Best World Longtrack Grand-Prix Result
[edit]Pfarrkirchen First 1997
Semi-finals
[edit]- 1991
Scheeßel (9th) 10pts
- 1996
Pfarrkirchen (14th) 3pts
- 1998
Marianske Lazne (N/S)
Qualifying round
[edit]- 1988
Herxheim (16th) 1pt
- 1988
Harsewinkel (N/S)
World final appearances
[edit]World Pairs Championship
[edit]- 1988 -
Bradford, Odsal Stadium (with Gerd Riss) - 8th - 21pts (4)
References
[edit]- ^ "Tom Dunker ist tot – nur 55 Jahre alt geworden". Speed Week. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/tommy-dunker/
- https://www.glasgowtigers.co/kaiser-kev-a-tiger/
- http://speedway.com.pl/riders/tommy-dunker/
- http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11949170.Religion_in_sport_that_puts_culture_vultures_in_a_spin/
- http://www.speedwayplus.com/WorldPairs1988.shtml