{{Short description|German speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Use British English|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Hans Wassermann | image = | caption = | nationality = German | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|9|1}} | birth_place = [[Kraftisried]], West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | career1 = '''Germany''' | career2 = [[MC Krumbach|Krumbach]] | years2 = 1971 | career4 = '''Great Britain''' | career5 = [[Reading Racers]] | years5 = 1977-1978 | indivyear1 = 1975, 1976, 1977 | indivhonour1 =[[Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship|World Long Track]] finalist | indivyear2 = | indivhonour2 = | teamyear1 = 1977 | teamhonour1 = [[1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship|World Pairs]] bronze medal | teamyear2 = 1977 | teamhonour2 = Spring Gold Cup Winner }} '''Hans Wassermann''' (born 1 September 1953) is a former international [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway rider]] from West Germany.<ref name=wwosbackup>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1860/geoff-mudge|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> He earned 15 international caps for the [[West German national speedway team]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>
== Speedway career == Wassermann won a bronze medal at the [[Speedway World Pairs Championship]] in the [[1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html|title=World Pairs Championship 1968-1993|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> He has also reached the final of the [[Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship]] on three occasions in 1975, 1976 and 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/hans-wassermann/|title=Hans Wassermann|website=Grasstrack GB|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
He rode in the [[List of United Kingdom speedway league champions|top tier]] of British Speedway from 1977 to 1978, riding for [[Reading Racers]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19770322/422/0017 |title=Racers' new boys impress |website=Reading Evening Post |date=22 March 1977 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref><ref name=wwosbackup/>
==World Final appearances== ===World Pairs Championship=== * [[1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1977]] - {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester]], [[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]] (with [[Egon Müller]]) - '''3rd''' - 18pts * [[1978 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1978]] - {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Chorzów]], [[Silesian Stadium]] (with [[Georg Hack]]) - 6th - 13pts
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