Kurt Mischke

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Mischke at the 1976 World Cup in Brodenbach
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Kurt Mischke (born March 28, 1937 in Berlin ; † May 24, 2009 there ) was the most successful German motorboat racing driver . The trained bricklayer foreman drove motorboat races from 1958 to 1978, mostly in the 350 cm³ outboard racing boat class.

In 1973, Mischke co-founded the Berlin Motorboat Racing Boat Club . After his career, he ran a sports trophy shop in Berlin. He had a daughter with his wife Linda. Anja Mischke (born April 29, 1967 in Berlin ) did not get into motorboat racing, but became a speed skater. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , she finished 12th over 3,000 meters and 16th over 1,500 meters.

Sporting successes

Kurt Mischke won overall:

  • 2 world championships
  • 6 vice world championships
  • 7 European championships
  • 5 Vice European Championships
  • 12 German championships
  • 2 German runner-up championships

He also won five times at the European Grand Prix and four times during the Grand Prix of Germany .

The titles in detail:

  • 1958 German champion 175 cm³
  • 1964 German champion 500 cm³ (utility engines)
  • 1965 European Champion 250 cm³ in Dresden
  • 1966 European champion 350 cm³ in Essen
  • 1966 German champion 350 cm³
  • 1967 European champion 350 cm³ in Berlin-Tegel
  • 1967 German champion 350 cm³
  • 1968 World Champion 350 cm³ in Traben-Trarbach
  • 1969 European Champion 250 cm³ in Nora (SWE)
  • 1970 European Champion 250 cm³ in Berlin-Tegel
  • 1970 German champion 350 cm³
  • 1971 German champion 500 cm³
  • 1973 European Champion 350 cm³ in Lyon (FRA)
  • 1973 German champion 350 cm³
  • 1974 European Champion 350 cm³ in Szeged (HUN)
  • 1974 German champion 350 cm³
  • 1975 German champion 350 cm³
  • 1976 World Champion 350 cm³ in Brodenbach
  • 1976 German champion 350 cm³
  • 1977 German champion 350 cm³
  • 1978 German champion 350 cm³

Prizes of honor

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anja Mischke on Olympic Sports (accessed June 4, 2009)
  2. ↑ Illustrierter Motorsport magazine (Berlin), issue 11/1965, page 243
  3. ↑ German world champions in the racing boat archive (accessed on June 4, 2009)
  4. ↑ Report Sovereign Kurt Mischke , magazine stander (Herford), No. 8/1976
personal data
SURNAME Mischke, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motorboat racer
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 2009
Place of death Berlin