Robert Barth
Robert Barth is a German former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a four time champion of the world.
Life
Barth was born on born 10 August 1968.Career
Barth won four Long Track World Championships, in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006. He also rode in the Speedway Grand Prix.Barth twice won the German Individual Speedway Championship 2001 and 2002.
Barth was also a prominent grasstrack rider and won three European Championship titles in 1989, 1990 and 1994. The grasstrack championship merged with the Longtrack and Barth finished runner-up three times before winning his world titles.
He retired in 2006 but retained an interest in the sport becoming an engine tuner. He helped Lukas Fienhage become the 2020 World Longtrack champion.
Major results
Speedway
World Individual ChampionshipsSpeedway Grand Prix results
World Team Championships
- Team World Championship
- * 2000 - 3rd place in Semi Final B
- * 2002 - Owlerton Stadium - 4th place in Event 1
- European Club Champions' Cup
- * 2000 - Piła - Bronze medal
- * 2001 - Daugavpils - 4th place
Longtrack
- 1991 Semi-final
- 1992 Semi-final
- 1993 Semi-final
- 1994 Mariánské Lázně 4pts
- 1995 Scheeßel 4pts
- 1996 Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz 23pts
- 1997 Did not compete
- 1998 5 app 93pts
- 1999 5 app 79pts
- 2000 5 app 98pts
- 2001 4 app 70pts
- 2002 5 app 113pts
- 2003 6 app 131pts
- 2004 2 app 36pts
- 2005 4 app 83pts
- 2006 3 app 75pts
- Abingdon-on-Thames First 2000
- Aduard Third 1998
- Berghaupten Second 1999
- Bielefeld First 2003, Third 2002
- Collier Street Second 2001, 2003
- Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun First 2002
- Eenrum Second 2000, Third 1999
- Herxheim Second 2001
- Marmande First 2005, 1998, Third 2003
- Morizès First 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, Second 2005, Third 2001, 2004
- Mühldorf First 2003, Second 1998, 1999, 2005
- New Plymouth Third 2003
- Parchim Second 2002, Third 2005
- Pfarrkirchen Third 2004
- Scheeßel First 2002
- Saint-Macaire First 2006
- Vechta First 2006
- 1994 Vilshofen Champion
- 1997 Ludinghausen Third
- 1999 Herxheim am Berg Champion
- 2000 Scheeßel Second
- 2001 Berghaupten Champion
- 2002 Harsewinkel Second
- 2003 Ludinghausen Champion
- 2004 Mühldorf 7th
- 2005 Bad Hersfeld Champion
- 2006 Berghaupten Champion
- 1988 Joure 10pts
- 1989 La Réole 21Pts
- 1990 Uithuizen 24Pts
- '''1994 Cloppenburg 25Pts'''