Adolf "Adi" Funk (1 July 1951 – 27 January 2010) was an Austrian

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rider who won the Austrian Championship four times. He earned 25 caps for the Austria national speedway team.

Biography

Born in

Klosterneuburg Klosterneuburg () is a town in the Tulln District of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Frequently abbreviated to Kloburg by locals, it has a population of about 27,500. The Stift Klosterneuburg ( Klosterneuburg Monastery), which was establish ...

, Funk rose to prominence in the early 1970s, and by 1974 had the highest

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in Austrian speedway.Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) ''Who's Who of World Speedway'', Studio Publications, , p. 141 He finished in fourth place in the Austrian Championship in 1974 and won it for the first time the following year, also winning the Austrian Pairs Championship (with Alex Taudtmann). In 1976 he rode in Britain for

King's Lynn Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" was adopted from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 199 ...

but struggled to score well, averaging only 2.8 over the season and was released. The following year he rode for

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. and again from 2011. The team race at the Beaumont Park Stadium (or Hydroscand Arena for sponsorsh ...

, and while his average improved, it was still below three points per match. He went on to win the Austrian Championship for three successive seasons between 1980 and 1982. Funk also represented Austria several times.Jones, Alan (2010) ''Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar'', Automedia, p. 165 Funk died in January 2010. A memorial meeting in his honour was held in

Mureck Mureck ( archaic: ''Cmürek'') is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Administrative reforms in Styria led to the merging on 1 January 2015 of the formerly separate municipalities of Mureck, Gosdor ...

the following year.Generalprobe in Mureck
, ''Kleine Zeitung'', 29 April 2011, retrieved 2012-03-17

World final appearances

World Pairs Championship

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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(with Herbert Szerecz) - 7th - 10pts (6)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Funk, Adi 1951 births 2010 deaths Austrian speedway riders Leicester Lions riders King's Lynn Stars riders Expatriate speedway riders in England People from Klosterneuburg Sportspeople from Lower Austria