German motorcycle speedway rider
Robert Barth![]() |
| Born | (1968-08-10) 10 August 1968 (age 56) |
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| Nationality | German |
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| 1990–1992, 2005–2006 | Olching |
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| 1997–2001 | Landshut |
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| 2003–2004 | Güstrow |
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| 1999 | Gdańsk |
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| 2000 | Zielona Góra |
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| 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 | Long Track World Champion |
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| 2000, 2001 | German Speedway Champion |
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| 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 | German Longtrack champion |
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| 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003 | German Silver Helmet Winner |
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| 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003 | German Longtrack Golden Helmet Winner |
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Robert Barth (born 10 August 1968) is a German former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a four time champion of the world.
Life
Barth was born on born 10 August 1968.[1]
Career
Barth won four Long Track World Championships, in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006.[2] He also rode in the Speedway Grand Prix.[3]
Barth twice won the German Individual Speedway Championship 2001[4] and 2002.
Barth was also a prominent grasstrack rider[5] and won three European Championship titles in 1989, 1990 and 1994.[2] The grasstrack championship merged with the Longtrack and Barth finished runner-up three times (1996, 1999 and 2000[6]) before winning his world titles.
He retired in 2006 but retained an interest in the sport becoming an engine tuner. He helped Lukas Fienhage become the 2020 World Longtrack champion.[7]
Major results
Speedway
World Individual Championships
Speedway Grand Prix results
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permanent speedway rider
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wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
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rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)
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World Team Championships
European Championships
Longtrack
Individual World Championships
Grand-Prix Years
- 1997 Did not compete
- 1998 5 app (Second) 93pts
- 1999 5 app (Second) 79pts
- 2000 5 app (Second) 98pts
- 2001 4 app (Third) 70pts
- 2002 5 app (Champion) 113pts
- 2003 6 app (Champion) 131pts
- 2004 2 app (16th) 36pts
- 2005 4 app (Champion) 83pts
- 2006 3 app (Champion) 75pts
Best Grand-Prix Results
Abingdon-on-Thames First 2000
Aduard Third 1998
Berghaupten Second 1999- Bielefeld First 2003, Third 2002
- Collier Street Second 2001, 2003
Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun First 2002- Eenrum Second 2000, Third 1999
- Herxheim Second 2001
- Marmande First 2005, 1998, Third 2003
- Morizès First 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, Second 2005, Third 2001, 2004
- Mühldorf First 2003, Second 1998, 1999, 2005
New Plymouth Third 2003- Parchim Second 2002, Third 2005
- Pfarrkirchen Third 2004
- Scheeßel First 2002
- Saint-Macaire First 2006
- Vechta First 2006
German Longtrack Championship
Grasstrack European Championships
See also
References
