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German speedway rider

Mirko Wolter
Career history
Born	(1976-09-06) 6 September 1976 (age 48) Güstrow, Germany
Nationality	German
Germany
1995	Brokstedt
Great Britain
1996-1997	Sheffield
2003	Trewlany
Denmark
2002–2004	Kronjylland

Individual honours
1999, 2002, 2004	German Champion
1992, 1993	German Under-21 Champion

Mirko Wolter (born 6 September 1976 in Güstrow, Germany) is a former motorcycle speedway 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 in the Premier League 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 in 1999, 2002 and 2004.

Result

Speedway Grand Prix

2001 SGP
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (1)	Berlin	22	2	(1,1)	24

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

World Championships

Individual Speedway World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix)
- 2001 - 35th place (2 pts in one event)
Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
- 2002 - 3rd placed in the Semi Final Two
- 2002 - started in the Qualifying round only
- 2003 - 10th place (5 points in the Event 1)
Individual U-21 World Championship
- 1994 - Elgane - 13th place (2 pts)
- 1995 - Tampere - 13th place (2 pts)

European Championships

European Pairs Championship
- 2004 - Debrecen - 5th place (7 pts)

References

Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
"Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
"Birthday boy Jan to roar back". Hull Daily Mail. 5 June 1996. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Biker injured". Aberdeen Evening Express. 22 June 1996. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1991-2013". Speedway History. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

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