Erik Riss (born 13 September 1995) is a

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and

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rider, who won the World Longtrack Championship in 2014 and 2016, and was German speedway champion in 2016.2017 Rider Index
, speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 4 March 2017

Career

Born in

Memmingen Memmingen (; Swabian: ''Memmenge'') is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the economic, educational and administrative centre of the Danube-Iller region. To the west the town is flanked by the Iller, the river that marks the Baden-Wü ...

, Germany, the son of former rider

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 ...

and younger brother of

Mark Riss Mark Riss (born 13 September 1994) is a speedway rider from Germany. Speedway career He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Belle Vue Aces and Wolverhampton Wolves in the SGB Premiership 2018. He began his British career rid ...

, Erik Riss began his speedway career in 2012 and rode in his home country for Automobilclub Landshut from 2013, also riding in Germany for MSV Herxheim and AMC Memmingen. He first had success in long track, winning the German championship in 2014. Later that year, at 19, he became the youngest rider ever to win the

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.Kinvig, David (2014)
Bliss for Erik Riss after signing for Monarchs
, ''Edinburgh Evening News'', 23 December 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2017 In the same year, he was part of the German teams that won the World Longtrack Team Championship and finished fourth in the European Junior Team Championship. In 2015, he began his British speedway career in the

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with

Edinburgh Monarchs The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish Speedway team, currently based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the Speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess. The cl ...

, with whom he won the League Cup,

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, and the Premier League title. In 2016 he won the German Championship and won the World Longtrack Championship for a second time, scoring a 7-ride maximum in the final round in

Vechta Vechta (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Vechte'') is the capital and largest city of the Vechta (district), Vechta district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is home to the University of Vechta. It is known for the 'Stoppelmarkt' fair, which takes place every ...

, and finished in 8th place in the Under-21 World Speedway Championship. While continuing to ride for the Monarchs in the Premier League and then in the newly formed

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, in 2017 he also signed to ride for

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. The club returned to speedway for the 2011 Premier League season, moving up to the Elite League ...

in the

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, and was selected to ride for Germany in the 2017 Speedway Best Pairs Championship. In 2019, he signed for

Redcar Bears The Redcar Bears are a British speedway team who currently compete in the SGB Championship (middle tier of the British speedway leagues). Their major team honour to date is the SGB Championship KO Cup win in 2019 against rivals Newcastle Diamo ...

. On 1 September 2019, Riss won his first Championship Riders' title at

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after qualifying for the semi-final on 12 points. He won the semi-final and then went on to win the final. He rounded off 2019 by finishing third in the

Jason Crump Jason Philip Crump (born 6 August 1975) is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion. In a 21-year career in Speedway, Jason Cr ...

Classic at

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. In 2022, he rode for the

Ipswich Witches The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm (first ra ...

in the

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and for the Redcar Bears in the

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. He helped Ipswich win the Premiership Pairs but broke his leg riding for

AC Landshut AC Landshut is a German automobile and motorcycle club best known for its motorcycle speedway team Landshut Devils, based in Landshut, Bavaria. It was founded by ADAC members in 1922 and has won numerous German championships. Due to the suspens ...

in the Polish League. In 2023, he re-signed for Ipswich for the

SGB Premiership 2023 The 2023 Sports Insure SGB Premiership is the 88th season of the top tier of British speedway and the 6th known as the SGB Premiership. There was an increase of one team after the Leicester Lions opted to move up from the SGB Championship. 20 ...

and also re-signed for Redcar for the

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Speedway German Championship

* 2016 - Winner - German Speedway Champion

British Speedway Championship League

* 2019 - Winner - SGB Championship Rider's Champion

World Longtrack Championship

Overall standings

* 2013 - 1 apps (25th) 4pts * 2014 - 4 apps (First) 77pts * 2015 - 4 apps (Second) 68pts * 2016 - 5 apps (First) 122pts

Best results

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Second 2015, Third 2016 *

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Second 2016 * Herxheim Third 2014 *

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2014 *

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, ...

First 2016, Second 2014 *

First 2016, Third 2015

Team Championship

* 2014

(First) 45pts (Rode with

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, Jorg Tebbe, Stephan Katt) * 2015

(Second) 41pts (Rode with Jorg Tebbe,

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, Stephan Katt)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riss, Erik 1995 births Living people German speedway riders Edinburgh Monarchs riders Ipswich Witches riders King's Lynn Stars riders Leicester Lions riders Redcar Bears riders Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders People from Memmingen Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria)