Gerd Riss
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Gerd Riss (born 17 March 1965) is a German former speedway rider. He competed in motorcycle speedway and longtrack racing.[1] He is an eight-times World longtrack champion.[2] He also earned 22 international caps for the West German national speedway team and 12 international caps for the German national speedway team.[3]
Career
Riss reached his first world longtrack final in 1984, finishing a creditable sixth behind Erik Gundersen, at the Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim in Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Germany.[4] He rode for MC Krumbach in 1983 and 1984 and started for the first time in the British leagues when he joined Poole Pirates for the 1984 British League season.[5] Riss joined Wolverhampton Wolves in 1985 but left mid-way through the season.[6]
Riss consistently reached the World longtrack final every year from 1984 until 1997 and in 1987 also appeared in the 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship final at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.[2]
Riss represented his country in four consecutive Speedway World Pairs Championship finals from 1988 until 1991[7] and was a member of German national team at the 2001 Speedway World Cup.
He cemented his place as being arguably the second best longtrack rider in the world behind Simon Wigg by winning the crown in 1991 and 1996. When the world championships of both the conventional oval and longtrack switched to a Grand Prix series, riders found it virtually impossible to compete in both. Riss decided to concentrate on longtrack and the decision paid dividends because he dominated longtrack speedway, winning six more world titles in 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009, to set a record of eight championship wins. Only Robert Barth prevented him from claiming more during the period.
In 2014, He was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.[8]
Results
World final appearances
Individual World Championship/Grand Prix
- 1987 - Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium - 10th - 12pts
- 1989 - Template:Flagicon Munich, Olympic Stadium - 9th - 5pts
- 1991 - Template:Flagicon Gothenburg, Ullevi - 16th - 1pt
- 1993 - Template:Flagicon Pocking, Rottalstadion - 11th - 6pts
- 1995 - series - 17th - 16pts
- 1996 - series - 19th - 12pts
- 1998 - series - 25th - 6pts
World Pairs Championship
- 1988 - Template:Flagicon Bradford, Odsal Stadium (with Tommy Dunker) - 8th - 21pts (17)
- 1989 - Template:Flagicon Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Karl Maier) - 4th - 36pts (14)
- 1990 - Template:Flagicon Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Klaus Lausch) - 9th - 15pts (0)
- 1991 - Template:Flagicon Poznań, Olimpia Poznań Stadium (with Klaus Lausch - 4th - 18pts (9)
World Under-21 Championship
- 1985 - Template:Flagicon Abensberg, Abensberg Motorstadion - 5th - 9pts
- 1986 - Template:Flagicon Rivne, Rivne Speedway Stadium - 13th - 4pts
World Longtrack Championship
- 1984 Template:Flagicon Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz (6th) 13pts
- 1985 Template:Flagicon Esbjerg (8th) 15pts
- 1986 Template:Flagicon Pfarrkirchen (4th) 17pts
- 1987 Template:Flagicon Mühldorf (9th) 9pts
- 1988 Template:Flagicon Scheeßel (5th) 26pts
- 1989 Template:Flagicon Mariánské Lázně (11th) 12pts
- 1990 Template:Flagicon Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz (14th) 9pts
- 1991 Template:Flagicon Mariánské Lázně (Champion) 24pts
- 1992 Template:Flagicon Pfarrkirchen (4th) 18pts
- 1993 Template:Flagicon Mühldorf (16th) 5pts
- 1994 Template:Flagicon Mariánské Lázně (Third) 17pts
- 1995 Template:Flagicon Scheeßel (Did not ride)
- 1996 Template:Flagicon Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz (Champion) 25pts
- 1998 4 app (4th) 59pts
- 1999 5 app (Champion) 115pts
- 2000 1 app (18th) 17pts
- 2001 4 app (Champion) 95pts
- 2002 5 app (Third) 89pts
- 2003 6 app (Third) 98pts
- 2004 5 app (Champion) 103pts
- 2005 4 app (Second) 75pts
- 2006 3 app (Third) 50pts
- 2007 3 app (Champion) 53pts
- 2008 4 app (Champion) 79pts
- 2009 5 app (Champion) 126pts
- 2010 3 app (13th) 53pts
Best Grand-Prix results
- Template:Flagicon Berghaupten First 1999
- Template:Flagicon Bielefeld First 2004, Second 2002, Third 2003
- Template:Flagicon Collier Street First 2001, Third 2003
- Template:Flagicon Eenrum Second 1999
- Template:Flagicon Harsewinkel Third 2000
- Template:Flagicon Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz First 2001, 2009
- Template:Flagicon Jübek First 1999
- Template:Flagicon Mariánské Lázně First 2009, Second 2008
- Template:Flagicon Marmande First 2009, Second 1999, 2007, Third 2006
- Template:Flagicon Morizès First 2008, Second 2001, 2004
- Template:Flagicon Mühldorf First 1998, 1999, 2005, Third 2003
- Template:Flagicon New Plymouth First 2004, Second 2003
- Template:Flagicon Parchim First 2001, 2002, 2005
- Template:Flagicon Pfarrkirchen Second 2004, 2007
- Template:Flagicon Scheeßel Second 1998
- Template:Flagicon Saint-Macaire Second 2010, Third 2008
- Template:Flagicon Vechta First 2009
Other results
West Germany Longtrack Championship
- 1985 Template:Flagicon Pfarrkirchen (6th)
- 1986 Template:Flagicon Jübek (4th)
- 1987 Template:Flagicon Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz (5th)
- 1988 Template:Flagicon Pfarrkirchen (Champion)
- 1989 Template:Flagicon Harsewinkel (4th)
German Championship
- 1991 Template:Flagicon Mühldorf (Champion)
- 1992 Template:Flagicon Scheeßel (Third)
- 1993 Template:Flagicon Jübek (Second)
- 1994 Template:Flagicon Vilshofen (Second)
- 1995 Template:Flagicon Pfarrkirchen (Champion)
- 1996 Template:Flagicon Scheeßel (Champion)
- 1997 Template:Flagicon Lüdinghausen (Champion)
- 1998 Template:Flagicon Pfarrkirchen (Champion)
- 1999 Template:Flagicon Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz (Second)
- 2001 Template:Flagicon Berghaupten (Second)
- 2002 Template:Flagicon Harsewinkel (Champion)
- 2003 Template:Flagicon Lüdinghausen (Second)
- 2004 Template:Flagicon Mühldorf (Champion)
- 2006 Template:Flagicon Berghaupten (4th)
- 2007 Template:Flagicon Mulmshorn (Champion)
- 2008 Template:Flagicon Pfarrkirchen (Second)
- 2009 Template:Flagicon Mühldorf (Champion)
Grasstrack European Championship
- 2003 Template:Flagicon La Réole (Champion) 21pts
- 2004 Template:Flagicon Eenrum (Second) 16ps
- 2005 Template:Flagicon Schwarme (15th) 5pts
Family
Both of his sons Erik Riss and Mark Riss ride at the highest level.[9]
References
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- Living people
- German speedway riders
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- Polonia Bydgoszcz riders
- Expatriate speedway riders in Poland
- German expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders
- German expatriate sportspeople in England
- People from Leutkirch im Allgäu
- Sportspeople from Tübingen (region)