Christoph Betzl
Christoph Betzl is a German former international speedway rider. He earned 24 international caps for the West German national speedway team.
Speedway career
Betzl reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship representing West Germany. 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.Betzl was prt of the German team that competed in an eight match tour of Britain in 1975. This was the same season that he rode in British Speedway leagues, riding for Poole Pirates.
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1979 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – 14th – 2pts
World Pairs Championship
- 1975 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 6th - 10pts
World Longtrack Championship
- 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