Zoltán Adorján
Born (1961-11-15) 15 November 1961
Debrecen, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Career history
Poland
1991–1995Rzeszów
1996Kraków
1997Grudziądz
1998–2000Lublin
Individual honours
1989, 1995Continental Champion
13 timesHungarian champion
1991German Champion
1996Argentinian Champion
Team honours
1990World Pairs Championship bronze

Zoltán Adorján (born 15 November 1961 in Debrecen, Hungary) is former international motorcycle speedway rider.[1] He is a 13 times Hungarian national champion.

Career

Adorján came to prominence when he reached the 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship final.[2] Four years later in 1989 he won the Continental Speedway Final on the way to reaching his second World final.[2][3]

The following year he teamed up with Sándor Tihanyi to secure a first medal at world level for Hungary when they won a bronze at the 1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship in Germany.[4]

On 30 July 1995, he won the Continental Final, which formed part of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification. It was the second time he had won the final having previously won it in 1989.[5] In 1996, he won the Argentine Championship.[6]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
  2. 1 2 "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 12. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  4. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. "Individual Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  6. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1930-2022 Argentinian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
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