Rudy Muts

Rudy Muts
Born10 April 1956 (1956-04-10) (age 68)
Hilversum, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Career history
Great Britain
1977–1981Wimbledon Dons
Individual honours
1979Dutch champion
Team honours
1979Gauntlet Gold Cup

Frederik Rudolph Muts (born 10 April 1956) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Netherlands.[1][2][3] He earned 18 caps for the Netherlands national speedway team.[4]

Career

Muts came to prominence after reaching the final of the Speedway Under-21 World Championship in 1977.[5]

Muts made his British leagues debut in 1977, when he joined Wimbledon Dons for the 1977 British League season.[6]

In 1978, he continued to ride for Wimbledon and improved his average considerably. The following season in 1979, he spent another season with the London club during the 1979 British League season[6] and became the champion of the Netherlands, when winning the national individual title.[7] He had two more seasons with Wimbledon (1980 and 1981) but his average dropped off. He was due to return for Swindon Robins for the 1983 season but this did not materialise.[8]

He represented the Netherlands national team for six editions of the World Cup from 1977 to 1982. He also rode for the Netherlands in the Speedway World Pairs Championship.[9]

References

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1978). 1978 Speedway Yearbook, Rider Bio Rudy Muts. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 978-0904584509.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook, rider profile Rudy Muts. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. ^ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990, Rider Bio Rudy Muts. Front Page Books. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  4. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Individual World Junior Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Rudy Muts". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Dutch National Championship". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Heathens look good". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 12 March 1983. Retrieved 30 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Speedway World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 4 May 2023.


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