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Peter Liebing

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Peter Liebing
Born (1939-02-12) 12 February 1939 (age 85)
Meissen, East Germany
NationalityGerman
Career history
East Germany
1967Meissen
Individual honours
1969East German champion
1967East German championship silver
1970, 1973East German championship bronze

Peter Liebing (born 12 February 1939) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from East Germany. He earned international caps for the East German national speedway team and was the champion of East Germany in 1969.[1]

Biography

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Liebing, born in Meissen, represented his country at the Speedway World Cup on three occasions, in 1969, 1970 and 1971.[2]

He became the champion of East Germany in 1969 and also won silver (1967) and bronze medals (1970 and 1973) in the East German championship.[3][4]

Liebing also competed in ice speedway, reaching the finals of the 1966 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship and 1968 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Peter Liebing". Speedweek. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ "World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Individual East German Speedway Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 87. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  5. ^ "1966 Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  6. ^ "1968 Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 23 March 2024.