KevH Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 .........rode for Middlesbrough in 1991. What nationality is he please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervjankefanclub Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 i think he was german kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 i think he was german kev Thanks mate, can anyone confirm that please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Yes. He was German...or at the very least, he represented Germany in International competitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Definitely German Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoMinuteWarning Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 (edited) West German (rather than East), rode for them in the 1990 World Team Cup, see http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speedway2/wtc90.htm Edited April 11, 2008 by TwoMinuteWarning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Many thanks folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Actually Carsten Pelzmann's nationality is a special case. He was born and grew up at Olching, a suburb of Munich. He still lives there. He started speedway as a junior with the Olching club. He became good and eventually rode internationally, even representing Germany in the World Team Cup. Nobody ever would have assumed that he was NOT German. However, while his mother is German, his father is not, and Carsten himself isn't German either ! He is in fact an Austrian, as is his father ! At the early stages of his career, in the mid-/late-1980`s he revealed this to the then Austrian speedway supremo Bubi Bossner, asking if he could ride for the Austrian team internationally. Bossner however, did not want him (perhaps he saw Carsten as a rival to his own son's -Andy Bossner- speedway ambitions). So Carsten stayed in Germany, rode here and nobody ever seems to have questioned his nationality. Only towards the end of his career he ended up riding in Austria, where unfortunately his career ended with a serious back injury. Luckily he is fully recovered and living happily in Olching. He has a young son by the name of Ernst who rides in the youth class events at Olching. Don't know which nationality the little boy has though ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted April 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Fascinating stuff, thanks very much Bavarian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmiddlesbrough Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Fascinating stuff, thanks very much Bavarian. he actually rode for middlesbrough bears in the late 80s to early 90s i think it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted October 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 he actually rode for middlesbrough bears in the late 80s to early 90s i think it was It was in fact 1991 MM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervjankefanclub Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 It was in fact 1991 MM. Pretty sure he broke a leg at Shawfield that year, dont know if he returned after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted October 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Pretty sure he broke a leg at Shawfield that year, dont know if he returned after that The one and only season he rode over here was 1991, and he turned out for Middlesbrough only seven times. From what you say he must have broken his leg in that seventh meeting and never returned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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