Jens Grüner

Jens Grüner (born February 5, 1965 in Zschopau ) is a German enduro rider and a member of the victorious Six Days Trophy team in 1987.

Athletic career

Jens Grüner joined the MC Zschopau motorsport club in 1980 and did his first off-road drive the following year. Right away he was GDR best in the ID class up to 250 cm³. The following year he took part in the Six Days in Považská Bystrica as a single starter . He won the GDR runner-up in the class up to 250 cm³ in 1984. In 1985 he was a member of the silver vase team that won the cup at the competitions in La Molina (Spain). The following year he finished second with the Silbervasen team. 1987 was his most successful year in sport after he switched to the class up to 500 cm³. In addition to winning the GDR championship , he won the international six-day race in Jelenia Góra, Poland, with the trophy team . In 1988 he defended his national championship title. At the Six Days he drove in the silver vase team, which came fourth. In 1989 he was third in the Enduro European Championship in the class up to 500 cm³. He took the same place in the individual ranking of the Six Days in 1989. He had to end his sporting career in 1990 due to health problems.

Today Jens Grüner runs a rental car and taxi company.

literature

• Steffen Ottinger: Around Zschopau. The story of an off-road motorcycle ride . tape 1 . Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft Marienberg, Marienberg 2004, ISBN 3-931770-49-4 , p. 97 ff .
• Steffen Ottinger: Around Zschopau. The story of an off-road motorcycle ride . tape 2 . HB-Werbung und Verlag, Chemnitz 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-036705-2 , p. 21st ff .
• Steffen Ottinger: International six-day trip - ISDE - 1987. Jelenia Gora / Poland. Photo journal of a great German motorsport success . HB-Werbung und Verlag, Chemnitz 2011, p. 13 ff .
• Steffen Ottinger: International Six Day Trip 2012. The story since 1913 . HB-Werbung und Verlag, Chemnitz 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039566-6 , p. 67 ff .