Christoph Betzl

Betzl reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship representing West Germany.^[3][4] He has also reached the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship on eight occasions in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982. He won a bronze medal in the 1980 final and a silver medal in the 1981 final.^[5]

Betzl was prt of the German team that competed in an eight match tour of Britain in 1975.^[6] This was the same season that he rode in British Speedway leagues, riding for Poole Pirates.^[7][8]

• 1979 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – 14th – 2pts

• 1975 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Fritz Baur) - 6th - 10pts (6)

• 1974 – Scheeßel 12th 8pts
• 1975 – Gornja Radgona 5th 17pts
• 1976 – Mariánské Lázně 8th 10pts
• 1977 – Aalborg 11th 9pts
• 1979 – Mariánské Lázně 13th 6pts
• 1980 – Scheeßel 3rd 16pts
• 1981 – Gornja Radgona 2nd 20pts
• 1982 – Esbjerg 10th 7pts

• 1971 - Inzell 14th 4pts
• 1973 – Inzell 15th 3pts