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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
1974Bopfingen
1975–1986Landshut
Great Britain
1978-1979, 1983Ipswich Witches
Individual honours
1982Speedway World Championship finalist
1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985World 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]

Speedway career

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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

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Individual World Championship

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World Pairs Championship

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World Team Cup

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References

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  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.