Josef Hofmeister (born 17 June 1934) is a former
Motorcycle
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rider who competed in
Grasstrack
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,
Longtrack and
Speedway
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. He competed in six
World Longtrack Championship Finals and won a hat-trick of titles between 1958 and 1960. Josef was also a
World Speedway finalist on four occasion.
Hofmeister started his career in 1949 in the youth class and retired 1963 at just 29 years of age. In the 1950s and early 1960s, he was the first German star of international motorcycle racing. After retiring Josef Hofmeister ran a sports shop in
Kempten / Allgäu.
Individual World Championship
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1957
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London
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Wembley Stadium
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- 16th - 0pts
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1958 -
London
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Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
- 15th - 2pts
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1959
Events January
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London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
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Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
- 13th - 4pts
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1960
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Events
January
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London
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Wembley Stadium
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- 8th - 6pts
World Longtrack Championship
European Championship
* 1957
Stockholm
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(Second) 14pts
* 1958
Mühldorf
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History
During the Middle Ages, ...
(Champion) 21pts
* 1959
Helsinki
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(Champion) 19pts
* 1960
Plattling
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(Champion) 24pts
* 1961 Semi-final
* 1962
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) 8pts
* 1963
Malmö
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(12th) 7pts
Sources
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* http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/zawodnik.php?imie=Josef&nazwisko=Hofmeister
* http://www.mc-meissen-speedway.de/geschichte
* http://www.speedway.org/history/58.htm
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1934 births
Living people
German speedway riders
Southampton Saints riders
Place of birth missing (living people)
Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders
People from Abensberg
Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria