| Born | 19 June 1959 Gengenbach, West Germany |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Career history | |
| Germany | |
| 1984, 2003–2006, 2009, 2012 | Diedenbergen |
| Individual honours | |
| 1999 | European Grasstrack Champion |
| 2000 | German Longtrack champion |
| 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2015 | Northern German Longtrack champion |
| Team honours | |
| 2008, 2012 | World Longtrack Team Champion |
Bernd Diener (born 19 June 1959) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Germany. He competed in Speedway, Longtrack and Grasstrack and is a two times World longtrack team champion.
Career
Diener has twice been on the podium in the World Longtrack Championship 1996 & 2004. He became a team World longtrack team champion in 2008 and 2012 respectively.
Diener won the European Grasstrack Championship in 1999.
Diener won the German national longtrack championship in 2000 and went on to finish fifth in the World Championship that year. Diener won the German championship silver medal three times and bronze medal seven times spanning the years 1995 to 2019.
Diener retired in 2023.
World Longtrack Championship
One Day Finals
- 1986 Pfarrkirchen (7th) 10pts
- 1992 Pfarrkirchen (16th) 2pts
- 1993 Mühldorf (13th) 6pts
- 1994 Mariánské Lázně(6th) 15pts
- 1995 Scheeßel(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
Team Championship
- 2008 Wertle (First) 7/45pts (Rode with Gerd Riss, Stephan Katt, Matthias Kroger)
- 2012 St. Macaire (First) 22/48 (Rode with Matthias Kroger, Jorg Tebbe, Stephan Katt)
European Grasstrack Championship
Finals
- 1988 Nandlastadt (14th) 4pts
- 1994 Cloppenburg (8th) 11pts
- 1995 Joure (Second) 22pts
- 1999 Werlte (Champion) 25pts
- 2000 Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun (4th) 15pts
- 2001 Noordwolde (5th) 12pts
- 2005 Schwarme (7th) 11pts
- 2006 La Réole (5th) 18pts
- 2007 Folkestone (8th) 9pts
- 2009 Berghaupten (10th) 11pts
- 2015 Staphorst (9th) 16pts
- 2017 Hertingen (9th) 15pts
References
- ^ "Bernd Diener". Stadtanzeiger Ortenau. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "World Longtrack Team World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Bernd Diener". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Strongest ever line-up of track stars for Wainfleet's Poacher International". Horncastle News. 23 August 2000. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Deutsche Langbahnmeisterschaft". Speedway Yesterday. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Bernd Diener fährt ein letztes Mal". Baden online. Retrieved 24 August 2024.