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Leopold Killmeyer
Austrian speedway rider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leopold Killmeyer (6 April 1909 – 2001) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Austria. He was known as Poldl in speedway racing and earned three international caps for the Austria national speedway team.[1][2]
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Career
Killmeyer born in Vienna, Austria bought his first racing bike aged 15 and was one of the early pioneers of speedway on the European continent.[3]
He finished runner-up in the Dirt Track Championnat du Monde (An early version of the Speedway World Championship and rival of the Star Riders' Championship) in 1933, 1934 and 1935.[3] Records for Austrian Individual Speedway Championship before World War II are incomplete, it is believed that Killmeyer was the first winner in 1930 and a 1934 article states he was champion of Austria at the time.[4]
He first rode in Britain in 1933, at a meeting at West Ham Stadium.[5] The following season in 1934, he signed for the Plymouth Tigers for the 1934 Speedway National League season.[6] He averaged 4.75 in a season which happened to be his only one in Britain.[7]
He won another Austrian Individual Speedway Championship in 1952.[8][9]
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Family
His younger brother Karl Killmeyer was also an international speedway rider.[10]
References
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