Mirko Wolter
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Mirko Wolter (born 6 September 1976 in
Güstrow Güstrow (; ) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany. It is capital of the Rostock (district), Rostock district; Rostock itself is a district-free city and regiopolis. It has a population of 28,999 (2020) and is the sevent ...
, Germany) is a former
motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...
rider from Germany. He earned four international caps for the German national speedway team.


Career

Wolter first rode in the United Kingdom, riding with the
Sheffield Tigers The Sheffield Tigers (sponsored by Tru Plant) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Premiership, and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium. They were founded in 1929 an ...
in the
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in 1996 and 1997. He did however sufefr a bad crash to end his 1996 season. After a six-year absence he was signed by the Trelawny Tigers in 2003. He appeared as a wildcard in 2001 German Speedway Grand Prix. He was a three times German champion, winning the
German Individual Speedway Championship The German Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the German national champion. History Before the German reunification champions of West Germany and East Germany were declared. Th ...
in 1999, 2002 and 2004.


Result


Speedway Grand Prix


World Championships

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Individual Speedway World Championship The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first official championsh ...
(
Speedway Grand Prix Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The series started in 1995 replacing the previous format of a single event final. The first ...
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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
- 35th place (2 pts in one event) * Team World Championship (
Speedway World Team Cup The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001. Format From 1960 until 1985, each team c ...
and
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) ** ''
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
- 3rd placed in the Semi Final Two'' ** ''
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
- started in the
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only'' **
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- 10th place (5 points in the Event 1) * Individual U-21 World Championship **
1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
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- 13th place (2 pts) **
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
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- 13th place (2 pts)


European Championships

* European Pairs Championship **
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
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- 5th place (7 pts)


See also

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Germany national speedway team The Germany national speedway team are one of the teams that compete in international team motorcycle speedway. History The West Germany national speedway team competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960 and the following year ...


References

1976 births Living people German speedway riders Sheffield Tigers riders Trelawny Tigers riders German expatriate speedway riders in England Sportspeople from Güstrow {{Germany-speedway-bio-stub