Born | 9 January 1928 Vienna, Austria |
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Died | 19 June 1956 Oberhausen, West Germany | (aged 28)
Nationality | Austrian |
Individual honours | |
1948, 1951 | Austrian Champion |
1955 | Continental Champion |
1949, 1950 1951, 1952 1953, 1954 | Austrian Longtrack Champion |
Friedrich "Fritz" Dirtl (9 January 1928 – 19 June 1956) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Austria. [1] [2]
Dirtl was a two times champion of Austria after winning the Austrian Individual Speedway Championship in 1949 and 1951. [3] [4] [5] He was also a six times Longtrack champion of Austria. [1]
Dirtl was tragically killed competing in the 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship, at the Continental final stage. He was involved in a crash with fellow Austrian rider Josef Kamper and then fell into the path of Mieczysław Połukard. [6]