Josef Kamper
NationalityAustrian
Birth date3 April 1925
Birth placePrellenkirchen, Austria
Death date2 February 1984 (aged 58)
Death placeDonnerskirchen, Austria
Indivyear 11953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959
Indivhonour 1Austrian Champion

Josef Kamper (3 April 1925 – 2 February 1984) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Austria.[1][2] He was a member of the Austria national speedway team.[3]

Speedway career

He rode for the first time during the Spring of 1940 but then became an aircraft manufacturer during World War II.[2]

Kamper was a five times champion of Austria after winning the Austrian Individual Speedway Championship in 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958 and 1959.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "INTERNATIONALS - AUSTRIA". International Speedway. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Austria's best motorcycle racers on sand, grass and cinder tracks until 1960". Reisemosaik. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Odsal riders aid England in speedway double". radford Observer. 26 September 1955. Retrieved 27 August 2024. – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "[sic] Austrian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Austria National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Austrii". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 1 August 2021.