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Tommy Dunker

Tommy Dunker (26 June 1969 – 4 July 2024) was a German speedway rider.

Tommy Dunker
Born(1969-06-26)26 June 1969
Neumünster, West Germany
Died4 July 2024(2024-07-04) (aged 55)
NationalityGerman
Career history
West Germany
1985MC Norden
1987–1991Diedenbergen
Germany
1997Landshut
Poland
1991Opole
Individual honours
1997Long Track World Champion

Biography

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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

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Grand-Prix Years

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  • 1997 5 app (Champion) 89pts

Best World Longtrack Grand-Prix Result

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Semi-finals

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Qualifying round

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World final appearances

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World Pairs Championship

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References

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  1. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. ^ "Poole second". Lynn Advertiser. 12 May 1987. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Ice Cool Danes shock Brits". Western Daily Press. 1 August 1988. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Tom Dunker ist tot – nur 55 Jahre alt geworden". Speed Week. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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