Tommy Dunker (26 June 1969 – 4 July 2024) was a German speedway rider.
Biography
Dunker 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.[1]
Although Dunker was best known for longtrack he finished fifth in the 1987 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship final after winning his qualifying round[2] and reached the final of the 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship.[3]
Dunker died on 4 July 2024, at the age of 55.[4]
World Longtrack Championship
Grand-Prix Years
- 1997 5 app (Champion) 89pts
Best World Longtrack Grand-Prix Result
Pfarrkirchen First 1997
Semi-finals
- 1991 Scheeßel (9th) 10pts
- 1996 Pfarrkirchen (14th) 3pts
- 1998
Mariánské Lázně (N/S)
Qualifying round
- 1988 Herxheim (16th) 1pt
- 1988 Harsewinkel (N/S)
World final appearances
World Pairs Championship
- 1988 -
Bradford, Odsal Stadium (with Gerd Riss) - 8th - 21pts (4)
References
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Poole second". Lynn Advertiser. 12 May 1987. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Ice Cool Danes shock Brits". Western Daily Press. 1 August 1988. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tom Dunker ist tot – nur 55 Jahre alt geworden". Speed Week. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.