Manfred Loth

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Manfred Loth (born September 16, 1943 ) is a German motorboat racing driver and lives in Berlin. He has two sons who both briefly competed in motorboat races.

Loth began his motorsport career in 1962 on two wheels. In 1967 he won the AVUS when the motorcycle race led through the banked curve for the last time. In 1975 he stopped after a fall and got into boating in 1976. Until he stopped motorsport after 1989, he often competed in two, sometimes even three classes on the same weekend and in 1985 he would have become almost three times German champion. When he received the highest award, the Silver Laurel Leaf , in the Bad Godesberg Redoute in 1985 , he and his colleagues Jörg Lipinski and Ulrich Rochel were on the same level as Boris Becker .

Sporting successes

Loth started in the racing boat classes OA ( outboards up to 250 cm³, designation from 1986: O-250) and later also drove in the classes OB, OC, OD and OE (outboards up to 350 cm³, 500 cm³, 700 cm³ and 850 cm³; Designation from 1986: O-350, O-500, O-700 or O-850). With a total of 12 German championships, he shares this top position with Kurt Mischke .

  • 1980 European Champion Class OC in Linz (Austria)
  • 1981 German master class OC
  • 1982 European Champion class OC in Vienna (Austria)
  • 1982 German master class OB
  • 1982 German master class OC
  • 1983 German master class OB
  • 1983 German master class OC
  • 1984 World Champion class OC in Berlin-Tegel
  • 1984 European Champion class OC in Nottingham (Great Britain)
  • 1984 German master class OB
  • 1984 German master class OC
  • 1985 World Champion class OC in Boretto (Italy)
  • 1985 European champion class OB in Berlin-Tegel
  • 1985 German master class OA
  • 1985 German master class OB
  • 1985 German runner-up class OC
  • 1987 German master class O-250
  • 1987 German master class O-500
  • 1988 World Champion class O-500 in Stewartby ( Bedfordshire , Great Britain)
  • 1988 European Champion Formula 500 (series)
  • 1988 German champion class O-500

Prizes of honor

  • 1985 Silver bay leaf
  • 1978 Alfred Buysse Trophy (for most of the race points collected in the OC class worldwide during the year)
  • 1981 Alfred Buysse Trophy
  • 1984 Alfred Buysse Trophy
personal data
SURNAME Loth, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motorboat racer
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1943