Bernd Diener (born 19 June 1959) is a German

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...

rider. He competes in Speedway, Longtrack and Grasstrack and had been at World Championship level since the mid 1980. He has twice been on the podium in the World Longtrack Championship 1996 & 2004 and won the

European Grasstrack Championship The European Grasstrack Championship is a motorcycle championship and is organised by FIM Europe. The first championship took place in 1978 at Hereford Racecourse, England and was won by Chris Baybutt. The competitors qualified though two semi-fi ...

once in 1999.

World Longtrack Championship

One Day Finals

* 1986

Pfarrkirchen Pfarrkirchen is a municipality in southern Lower Bavaria Germany, the capital of the district Rottal-Inn. It has about 12,500 inhabitants and is an important school centre with about 10,000 pupils from all over Lower Bavaria. The town spreads o ...

(7th) 10pts * 1992

(16th) 2pts * 1993

Mühldorf Mühldorf am Inn (Central Bavarian: ''Muihdorf am Inn'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the district Mühldorf on the river Inn. It is located at , and had a population of about 17,808 in 2005. History During the Middle Ages, ...

(13th) 6pts * 1994 Marianske Lazne(6th) 15pts * 1995

Scheeßel Scheeßel (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Scheeßl'') is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Wümme, approx. 10 km northeast of Rotenburg, 45 km east of Bremen, and 70 km south ...

(15th) 3pts * 1996 Herxheim (Runner-up) 23pts

Grand-Prix

* 1998 - 4 apps (12th) 38pts * 1999 - 5 apps (7th) 56pts * 2000 - 5 apps (5th) 60pts * 2001 - 4 apps (7th) 45pts * 2002 - 2 apps (16th) 24pts * 2003 - 6 apps (7th) 58pts * 2004 - 5 apps (Third) 71pts * 2005 - 4 apps (13th) 27pts * 2006 - 3 apps (14th) 18pts * 2007 - 3 apps (9th) 34pts * 2008 - Did Not Compete * 2009 - 4 apps (20th) 12pts * 2010 - 1 app (24th) 3pts * 2011 - Did Not Compete * 2012 - 4 apps (14th) 34pts * 2013 - Did Not Compete * 2014 - 1 apps (20th) 5pts * 2015 - Did Not Compete * 2016 - Did Not Compete * 2017 - Did Not Compete * 2018 - 5 apps (7th) 54pts

Best Grand-Prix Results

Forus Forus is an industrial district in the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large municipality of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Hinna, along the Gandsfjorden and it stretches south ...

Second 2012 *

Parchim Parchim (; Mecklenburgisch: ''Parchen'') is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the capital of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. It was the birthplace of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, to whom a monument was erected in 1876. Found ...

Third 2001, 2002 *

Marmande Marmande (; in Occitan language, Occitan, ''Marmanda'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Lot-et-Garonne ''Departments of France, département'' in south-western France. Geography Marmande is located 35 km north-west of Agen, on the ...

Third 2004 * Herxheim Third 2018

Team Championship

* 2008 Wertle (First) 7/45pts (Rode with

Gerd Riss Gerd Riss (born 17 March 1965) is a German former professional motorcycle speedway rider. Speedway career He was a member of Germany team at 2001 Speedway World Cup and who was started in Speedway Grand Prix of Germany. Riss won the title a r ...

Stephan Katt Stephan Katt (born 15 September 1979) is a German motorcycle Grasstrack, Longtrack and speedway rider who was a member of Germany national long track team. World Longtrack Championship Grand-Prix * 2000 - 1 apps (24th) 3pts * 2001 - 4 apps (1 ...

Matthias Kroger Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. People Notable people named Matthias include the following: In religion: * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot * ...

) * 2012 St. Macaire (First) 22/48 (Rode with

, Jorg Tebbe,

)

European Grasstrack Championship

Finals

* 1988 Nandlastadt (14th) 4pts * 1994

Cloppenburg Cloppenburg (; nds, Cloppenborg; stq, Kloppenbuurich) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Brem ...

(8th) 11pts * 1995

Joure Joure (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: ''De Jouwer'') is a town in the north of the Netherlands. It is the administrative center of De Fryske Marren, Friesland. With 13,090 inhabitants, it is also the most populous town in the municipality. ...

(Second) 22pts * 1999

Werlte Werlte is a town in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. History Werlte was a host city of the 2008 Team Long Track World Championship; the championship was won by Germany. Economy Werlte is home to a factory of the Krone company. ...

(Champion) 25pts * 2000 St. Colomb de Lauzen (4th) 15pts * 2001 Noordwolde (5th) 12pts * 2005

Schwarme Schwarme is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Diepholz (district), district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The municipality Schwarme is located in the Mittelweserregion around 30 km south of Bremen. The towns Achim, Ver ...

(7th) 11pts * 2006

La Reole LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

(5th) 18pts * 2007

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20t ...

(8th) 9pts * 2009

Berghaupten Berghaupten ( gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Berghoupte) is a municipality in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Furthermore, it is a state-approved resort located in the Black Forest. Neighbouring municipalities are Ohlsbach ...

(10th) 11pts * 2015

Staphorst Staphorst () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. History The villages of Staphorst and its southern neighbour Rouveen came into existence as in the 13th century monks started to bring the bogs and swamps into culture. All ...

(9th) 16pts * 2017 Hertingen (9th) 15pts

References

* https://www.speedweek.com/langbahngp/news/133724/Bernd-Diener-ist-mit-59-Jahren-immer-noch-Weltspitze.html * https://www.speedweek.com/steckbrief/285/Bernd-Diener.html * https://www.stadtanzeiger-ortenau.de/tag/bernd-diener * https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/bernd-diener/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Diener, Bernd 1959 births Living people German speedway riders Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders People from Gengenbach Sportspeople from Freiburg (region)