Manfred Richter (motorboat racing driver)
Manfred Richter (born January 29, 1940 in Berlin ) is a German motorboat racing driver .
Life
Manfred Richter was born in the eastern part of Berlin. He started racing motocross at the age of 18 . Shortly before the Berlin Wall was built , he went west and found a new job in Düsseldorf . Here he began to drive auto rallies .
A work colleague took him to a motorboat race in 1966. Richter was enthusiastic about this sport and bought the boat and engine from his work colleague. In early 1967 he won his first two races in the B-Stock class in Traben-Trarbach and Heilbronn . Water sports remained his hobby, even if he started his own business with a motorcycle shop in Cologne . In 1980 his greatest success was the world championship.
Sporting successes
All classes of racing boat with outboard engines: OB up to 350 cm³, OC up to 500 cm³, B-stock utility engines up to 350 cm³
- 1968 German runner-up (class B-floor)
- 1969 German runner-up (class B-floor)
- 1970 Vice World Champion (class OB) in Vichy (France)
- 1970 German runner-up (class OB)
- 1971 German champion (class OB)
- 1975 German runner-up (class OC)
- 1977 European Champion (class OC) in Nora (Sweden)
- 1977 German runner-up (class OC)
- 1978 German runner-up (class OC)
- 1980 World Champion (class OC) in Melun (France)
literature
- Report in the magazine stander , Westdeutsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH, issue 7/1980, pages 54 and 55
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Judge, Manfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German motorboat racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |