Michael Lang (ice speedway driver)
Michael Lang (* 1958 or 1959) is a German ice speedway driver.
Lang, who comes from Trauchgau and is a car mechanic by profession, was one of the most successful ice speedway drivers in the early 1990s and is considered the "best German ice speedway driver of all time".
As early as 1991, he made it onto the podium at the World Championships in Assen, Netherlands , when he won the bronze medal. After a serious accident in Frankfurt at the beginning of 1992 at the World Cup final, in which his left thigh was slit by the slashing, spiked rear wheel of the machine of his opponent Alexander Balaschow , he had to take a break due to the subsequent operations and skin grafts caused by wound infections. However, he then returned to his sport and became German champion in December 1992. At the ice speedway world championship in February 1993 in Saransk , Lang was behind the winner Vladimir Fadejew and his second-placed Russian compatriot Alexander Balaschow again world championship third before Valeri Ivanov and Stefan Svensson. Moreover, while driving a Jawa during his career, Lang reached with the German team in 1990 (with Harald Baumann and Helmut Weber), 1992 (as part of Lang, Diehr, Wehrle) and 1994 (together with Gunther Bauer and Georg Landenhamer ) also the bronze medal rank at the respective world championships.
Individual evidence
- ^ "Germany premiere for ice speedway in the hall" in Berliner Zeitung of December 27, 1996
- ↑ “The incredible resurrection of Michael Lang”, Sport-Bild from February 24, 1993, p. 38
- ↑ Statistics at www.sport-komplett.de
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| SURNAME | Lang, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ice speedway driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 or 1959 |