Stephan Katt
Stephan Katt (born September 15, 1979 in Kiel ) is a German motorcycle track rider .
Career
Katt started his career in 1984. His successes include four team world championship titles with the German national team on the long track in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 as well as two grass track European championships in 2006 and 2009. His German championship title on the long track from 2010 he was able to successfully defend in Herxheim in 2011. In 2011 he achieved his best individual result so far in the long track individual world championship (Grand Prix) with a 3rd place.
Stephan Katt drives under the applicant license of his club MSC Brokstedt e. V. in the ADAC in the Speedway Bundesliga.
Private life
Stephan Katt works as an industrial mechanic for a company in his hometown Neuwittenbek and has a daughter.
title
- Long track team world champion 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 (2011 as team captain)
- Grass runway European champion 2006, 2009 and 2012
- German long course champion 2010 and 2011
- 3rd place long track individual world championship 2011
2011 season
In addition to defending his German championship title from the previous year and the 4th team world championship title, he was able to secure a place in the 2012 Grand Prix series with his 3rd place in the individual competition.
Successes 2011:
- Winner of the Grand Prix of the City of Plattling / Winner of ADAC Goldhelm
- Winner ADAC Pfalz Silberhelm
- 3rd place Langbahn Grand Prix in the Czech Marienbad / World Championships leader on points
- Winner of the dirt track race in Altrip
- Winner at the Int. Grass track race in Zweibrücken
- 6th place Langbahn Grand Prix in Forus / Norway
- 13th place Long Track Grand Prix in Forssa / Finland
- 10th place Long Track Grand Prix in Marmande / France
- Winner at the international ADAC floodlight race in Werlte / D
- Nomination for team captain for the long track team world championship
- Long track team world champion with Richard Speiser, Jörg Tebbe & Martin Smolinski
- Winner grass track EM semifinals in Hertingen / D
- 11th in the grass track EM final in Skegness / GB
- German long track champion 2011 in Herxheim / D
- Winner of the Langbahn Grand Prix in Vechta / D
- 3rd place at the Langbahn Grand Prix in Morizes
- Bronze in the long track individual world championship behind Joonas Kylmäkorpi (FIN) and Richard Speiser (D)
2010 season
After a few victories at the start of the season, Stephan Katt was able to win the first run in Pfarrkirchen, Lower Bavaria, right at the beginning of the Langbahn GP series. A few weeks later at the 2nd Grand Prix in St. Macaire / France he had a bad crash and had to take a break of several weeks. He was fit again for the German Long Track Championship and won the title for the first time.
At the last Grand Prix in Marienbad, Czech Republic, he won his second victory in 2010.
Stephan Katt was nominated alongside Matthias Kröger, Martin Smolinski and Richard Speiser from the DMSB for the German national team at the team world championship in Morizes / France. The team won the title ahead of France and the Netherlands. It was the fourth title win for Germany in a row and the third for Stephan Katt.
Stephan Katt won 11 out of 26 races in the 2010 season. He was very successful nationally and internationally. With his 5th place at the Long Track World Championship, he was able to qualify directly for the Long Track Grand Prix Series 2011.
In the 2010 athlete poll of the Kieler Nachrichten , he came in 6th place.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Endclassement of the FIM Longtrack World Championship ( Memento from April 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 31 kB), fim-live.com, accessed on December 4, 2011.
- ↑ DMSB press report on the 2010 team world championship ( Memento from September 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), speedway.org, accessed on December 4, 2011.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Katt, Stephan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German motorcycle racer, Europe and world champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th September 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |