{{Short description|Annual German national speedway competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use British English|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox sports league | title = German Individual Speedway Championship | current_season = | image = File:Martin Smolinski Coventry 2007 speedway.jpg | pixels = | caption = | Formerly = | sport = [[Motorcycle speedway]] | founded = 1962 | most_champs = [[Martin Smolinski]]<br>(pictured above) (8 times) }}
The '''German Individual Speedway Championship''' is a [[Motorcycle speedway]] championship held each year to determine the German national champion.<ref>{{cite book| last =Loader| first =Tony| title =Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991| publisher = Tony Loader| year= 1991| pages = 166| issn = 1036-4404}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmniemiec.php |title=Individual German Speedway Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmnrd.php |title=Individual East German Speedway Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmrfn.php |title=Individual West German Speedway Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref>
== History == [[File:Egon Mueller 2018.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Egon Müller, first champion of West Germany and five times champion, pictured in 2018]] Before the [[German reunification]] champions of [[West Germany]] and [[East Germany]] were declared.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/12/east-germany-national-championship.html|title=East Germany National Championship|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=87–91|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref> The first German champion was crowned in 1962, when [[Jürgen Hehlert]] won the East German Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedweek.com/amp/speedwaydm/news/174046/Juergen-Hehlert-Der-erste-Deutsche-Speedway-Meister.html?lang=en |title=Jürgen Hehlert: The first German Speedway Champion | website=Speedweek |access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>
== Past winners == === East Germany === {| class="wikitable" |- align=center |width=40px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Year''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winners''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P2}}|'''Runner-up''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P3}}|'''3rd place''' |- |align=center| 1962 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Jürgen Hehlert]]|| Gunter Schelenz ||Wolfgang Krug |- |align=center| 1963 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Jochen Dinse]]||Gunter Schelenz||Jurgen Rudolph |- |align=center| 1964 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Jochen Dinse]]||Gunter Schelenz||[[Hans Jürgen Fritz]] |- |align=center| 1965 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Jochen Dinse]]||[[Hans Jürgen Fritz]]||[[Jürgen Hehlert]] |- |align=center| 1966 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Jürgen Hehlert]]||Bruno Bulau||Gunter Schelenz |- |align=center| 1967 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Jochen Dinse]]||[[Peter Liebing]]||[[Jürgen Hehlert]] |- |align=center| 1968 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Jochen Dinse]]||[[Gerhard Uhlenbrock]]||[[Jürgen Hehlert]] |- |align=center| 1969 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Peter Liebing]]||[[Jochen Dinse]]||[[Gerhard Uhlenbrock]] |- |align=center| 1970 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Hans Jürgen Fritz]]||[[Jürgen Hehlert]]||[[Peter Liebing]] |- |align=center| 1971 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Hans Jürgen Fritz]]||[[Jürgen Hehlert]]||[[Jochen Dinse]] |- |align=center| 1972 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Hans Jürgen Fritz]]||[[Clemens Bever]]||[[Dieter Tetzlaff]] |- |align=center| 1973 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Jochen Dinse]]||[[Clemens Bever]]||[[Peter Liebing]] |- |align=center| 1974 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Dieter Tetzlaff]]||[[Hans Jürgen Fritz]]||Wilfried Schneider |- |align=center| 1975 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Clemens Bever]]||[[Dieter Tetzlaff]]||Rolf Perner |- |align=center| 1976 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Dieter Tetzlaff]]||[[Clemens Bever]]||[[Jochen Dinse]] |- |align=center| 1977 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Hartmut Ernst]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcn-stralsund.de/de/home/home.php |title=Home |website=MC “Nordstern” Stralsund eV |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>||[[Clemens Bever]]||[[Dieter Tetzlaff]] |- |align=center| 1978 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Dieter Tetzlaff]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcpostleipzig.de/vereinsgeschichte/ |title=Club History |website=MC Post Leipzig |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> || Werner Mell ||[[Joachim Mell]] |- |align=center| 1979 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Dieter Tetzlaff]] || Dietmar Lieschke ||[[Clemens Bever]] |- |align=center| 1980 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Dieter Tetzlaff]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|page=91|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref> || [[Diethelm Triemer]] ||Dietmar Lieschke |- |align=center| 1981 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Diethelm Triemer]] || [[Clemens Bever]] ||[[Dieter Tetzlaff]] |- |align=center| 1982 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Diethelm Triemer]] || Werner Mell ||Dietmar Liechke |- |align=center| 1983 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Diethelm Triemer]] || Jurgen Schumann ||Thomas Frobel |- |align=center| 1984 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Diethelm Triemer]] || Norbert Gummer ||Thomas Frobel |- |align=center| 1985 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Diethelm Triemer]]||Ralf Peters||[[Herbert Mussehl]] |- |align=center| 1986 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Diethelm Triemer]]||[[Joachim Mell]]||Ralf Peters |- |align=center| 1987 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Diethelm Triemer]]||[[Herbert Mussehl]]||Ralf Peters |- |align=center| 1988 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Herbert Mussehl]]||Thomas Frobel||[[Diethelm Triemer]] |- |align=center| 1989 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Joachim Mell]]||[[Mike Ott (speedway rider)|Mike Ott]]||Ralf Peters |- |align=center| 1990 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Mike Ott (speedway rider)|Mike Ott]]||[[Thomas Diehr]]||Thomas Hopp |- |align=center | 1991 |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Thomas Diehr]]|| [[Herbert Mussehl]] ||Frank Leonhardt |}
=== West Germany === Before 1979 the West German Individual Championship was only held on [[Grasstrack]] and/or [[long track motorcycle racing|Long track]].
{| class="wikitable" |- align=center |width=40px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Year''' |width=100px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Venue''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winner''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P2}}|'''Runner-up''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P3}}|'''3rd place''' |- |align=center| 1979 | [[Olching Speedwaybahn|Olching]] || {{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Egon Müller]] || [[Georg Hack]] || [[Christian Brandt]] |- |align=center| 1980 |[[Motodrom Halbemond|Norden]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Georg Gilgenreiner]] || [[Egon Müller]] ||[[Josef Aigner]] |- |align=center| 1981 |[[Rottalstadion|Pocking]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Egon Müller]] || [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||[[Georg Hack]] |- |align=center| 1982 |[[Hansa Stadium|Bremen]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Josef Aigner]] || [[Egon Müller]] ||[[Georg Hack]] |- |align=center| 1983 |[[Ellermühle Speedway Stadium|Landshut]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Egon Müller]] || [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] || [[Stefan Deser]] |- |align=center| 1984 |[[Rhein-Main Arena|Diedenbergen]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Egon Müller]] || [[Klaus Lausch]] || [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] |- |align=center| 1985 |[[Ellermühle Speedway Stadium|Landshut]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Egon Müller]] || [[Klaus Lausch]] ||[[Gerd Riss]] |- |align=center| 1986 |[[Neuenknick Speedway|Neuenknick]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Gerd Riss]] || [[Klaus Lausch]] ||[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] |- |align=center| 1987 |[[Rottalstadion|Pocking]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Tommy Dunker]] || [[Gerd Riss]] ||[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] |- |align=center| 1988 |[[Holsteinring|Brokstedt]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Klaus Lausch]] || [[Tommy Dunker]]||[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] |- |align=center| 1989 |[[Motodrom Halbemond|Norden]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Klaus Lausch]] || Andre Pollehn ||[[Tommy Dunker]] |- |align=center| 1990 |[[Anton Treffer Stadion|Neustadt]]||{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Klaus Lausch]] || [[Tommy Dunker]] ||Andre Pollehn |}
=== Germany === Post 1990 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://speedwaystats.wordpress.com/nationals/western-europe/germany/|title=German Individual Speedway Championship list|website=Speedway Stats|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- align=center |width=40px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Year''' |width=100px {{Speedway color|4}} |'''Venue''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winners''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P2}}|'''Runner-up''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P3}}|'''3rd place''' |width=30px {{Speedway color|4}}|Ref |- |align=center | 1991 |5 rounds |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Zoltán Adorján]] {{flagicon|HUN}} |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Gerd Riss]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Klaus Lausch]] | |- |align=center | 1992 |[[Motodrom Halbemond|Norden]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Gerd Riss]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Robert Barth]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Jörg Pingel]] | |- |align=center | 1993 |[[Günter Harder Stadion|Neubrandenburg]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Marvyn Cox]] {{flagicon|GBR}} |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Gerd Riss]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Mike Ott (speedway rider)|Mike Ott]] | |- |align=center | 1994 |[[Ludwigslust Speedwaystadion|Ludwigslust]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Gerd Riss]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Marvyn Cox]] {{flagicon|GBR}} |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Andre Pollehn]] | |- |align=center | 1995 |[[Meissen Speedway Stadium|Meissen]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Marvyn Cox]] {{flagicon|GBR}} |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Gerd Riss]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Robert Barth]] | |- |align=center | 1996 |[[Paul Greifzu Stadium (Stralsund)|Stralsund]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Gerd Riss]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Robert Barth]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Robbie Kessler]] | |- |align=center | 1997 |[[Holsteinring|Brokstedt]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Todd Wiltshire]] {{flagicon|AUS}} |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Matthias Kröger]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Robbie Kessler]] | |- |align=center | 1998 |[[Güstrow Speedway Stadium|Güstrow]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Todd Wiltshire]] {{flagicon|AUS}} |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Steffen Mell]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Aleš Dryml, Jr.|Aleš Dryml]] {{flagicon|CZE}} | |- |align=center | 1999 |[[Olching Speedwaybahn|Olching]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Mirko Wolter]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Gerd Riss]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Robert Barth]] | |- |align=center | 2000 |[[Holsteinring|Brokstedt]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Robert Barth]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Matthias Kröger]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Lukas Dryml]] {{flagicon|CZE}} | |- |align=center | 2001 |[[Paul Greifzu Stadium (Stralsund)|Stralsund]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Robert Barth]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Aleš Dryml, Jr.|Aleš Dryml]] {{flagicon|CZE}} |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Mirko Wolter]] | |- |align=center | 2002 |[[Motodrom Halbemond|Norden]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Mirko Wolter]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Robbie Kessler]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Martin Smolinski]] | |- |align=center | 2003 |[[Ellermühle Speedway Stadium|Landshut]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Mathias Schultz]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Matthias Kröger]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Christian Hefenbrock]] | |- |align=center | 2004 |3 rounds |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Mirko Wolter]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Mathias Schultz]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Christian Hefenbrock]] | |- |align=center | 2005 |[[Holsteinring|Brokstedt]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Mathias Schultz]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Christian Hefenbrock]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Jörg Pingel]] | |- |align=center | 2006 |[[Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim|Herxheim]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Christian Hefenbrock]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Tobias Kroner]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Thomas Stange]] |- |align=center | 2007 |[[Paul Greifzu Stadium (Stralsund)|Stralsund]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Martin Smolinski]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Mathias Schultz]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Tobias Kroner]] | |- |align=center | 2008 |[[Rhein-Main Arena|Diedenbergen]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Kevin Wölbert]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Martin Smolinski]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Richard Speiser]] | |- |align=center | 2009 |[[Ellermühle Speedway Stadium|Landshut]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Martin Smolinski]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Christian Hefenbrock]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Frank Facher]] | |- |align=center | 2010 |[[Holsteinring|Brokstedt]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Martin Smolinski]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Tobias Kroner]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Tobias Busch]] |- |align=center | 2011 |[[Güstrow Speedway Stadium|Güstrow]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Kevin Wölbert]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Kai Huckenbeck]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Martin Smolinski]] | |- |align=center | 2012 |[[Bergring Arena (speedway)|Teterow]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}| [[Tobias Kroner]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}| [[Christian Hefenbrock]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}| [[Kevin Wölbert]] | |- |align=center | 2013 |[[Berghaupten Speedway|Berghaupten]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Kai Huckenbeck]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Mathias Schultz]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Martin Smolinski]] | |- |align=center | 2014 |[[Holsteinring|Brokstedt]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Kai Huckenbeck]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Martin Smolinski]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Tobias Kroner]] | |- |align=center | 2015 |[[Speedway Wolfslake|Wolfslake]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Martin Smolinski]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Kevin Wölbert]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Tobias Busch]] | |- |align=center | 2016 |[[Paul Greifzu Stadium (Stralsund)|Stralsund]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Martin Smolinski]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Kevin Wölbert]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Mathias Schultz]] | |- |align=center | 2017 |[[Olching Speedwaybahn|Olching]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Kai Huckenbeck]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Kevin Wölbert]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Max Dilger]] | |- |align=center | 2018 |[[Güstrow Speedway Stadium|Güstrow]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Martin Smolinski]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Kai Huckenbeck]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Erik Riss]] |- |align=center | 2019 |[[Altes Stadion Abensberg|Abensberg]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Martin Smolinski]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Erik Riss]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Kevin Wölbert]] |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/12406/2019-german-championship-final-abensberg|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> |- |align=center | 2020 |colspan=4 align=center|cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8334/sgp-2020-events-cancelled-in|title=SGP 2020 EVENTS CANCELLED IN RUSSIA AND GERMANY|website=Speedway GP|access-date=9 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184716/https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8334/sgp-2020-events-cancelled-in|url-status=usurped}}</ref> |- |align=center | 2021 |[[Paul Greifzu Stadium (Stralsund)|Stralsund]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Martin Smolinski]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Kai Huckenbeck]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Norick Blödorn]] | |- |align=center | 2022 |[[Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim|Herxheim]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Norick Blödorn]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Kevin Wölbert]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[René Deddens]] |<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Speedway from Around the Globe (Germany) |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |page=43|location= |publisher= |date=3 September 2022 |access-date=}}</ref> |- |align=center | 2023 |[[Güstrow Speedway Stadium|Güstrow]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Kevin Wölbert]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Valentin Grobauer]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Marius Hillebrand]] |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://speedwaynews.pl/zuzel/nie-bylo-mocnych-na-wolberta-mistrzostwa-bez-gwiazd/ |title=Żużel - Nie było mocnych na Wölberta! Mistrzostwa bez gwiazd |website=Speedway News |access-date=18 November 2024 }}</ref> |- |align=center | 2024 |[[Rottalstadion|Pocking]] |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Erik Riss]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Kevin Wölbert]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Patrick Hyek]] |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bahnsport-deutschland.de/de/news/erik-riss-neuer-deutscher-speedwaymeister-2024 |title=Erik Riss Deutscher Speedwaymeister 2024|website=Bahnsport Deutschland |access-date=18 November 2024 }}</ref> |- |align=center | 2025 |4 rounds |{{Speedway color|p1}}|[[Norick Blödorn]] |{{Speedway color|p2}}|[[Kevin Wölbert]] |{{Speedway color|p3}}|[[Valentin Grobauer]] |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/sgp2-star-blodorn-becomes-double-german-champion |title=SGP2 star Blordorn becomes double German champion|website=FIM Speedway |access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref> |}
== See also == * [[German Team Speedway Championship]] * [[Germany national speedway team]] * [[East Germany national speedway team]] * [[West Germany national speedway team]]
== References == {{reflist}}
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