Andreas Bössner
{{Short description|Austrian speedway rider (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Andreas Bossner
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| nationality = German
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|19 August 1968}}
| birth_place = Vienna, Austria
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| career1 = Great Britain
| career2 = Exeter Falcons
| years2 = 1994
| indivyear1 = 1991, 1992
1993, 1996
1997, 1998
| indivhonour1 = Austrian Champion
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Andreas Bössner (born 19 August 1968) is an Austrian former motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate Rider Index |website=British Speedway |access-date=1 May 2023}}{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=Speedway Yearbook 1990, Rider Bio, Andreas Bossner |year=1990 |page= |publisher=Front Page Books |isbn=0-948882-15-8}}{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=British Speedway Who's Who, Profile Andreas Bossner |year=2004 |page= |publisher=Peter Oakes, Peterborough |isbn=0-948882-81-6}} He earned 20 caps for the Austria national speedway team.
Career
In 1987, Bössner represented the Austria national speedway team during the 1987 Speedway World Team Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc87.htm |title=1987 Speedway World Team Cup |website=International Speedway |access-date=1 May 2023}} He continued to participate in multiple World Cups and would go on to ride for Austria 20 times in total.
Bössner became a multiple Austrian national champion after winning the Austrian Individual Speedway Championship for three consecutive years. The wins came in 1991, 1992 and 1993.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmaustrii.php |title=Austrian Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=1 May 2023}}
He made his British leagues debut during the 1994 British League Division Two season, where he rode for Exeter Falcons.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003596/19940322/040/0040 |title=Austrian champ a Falcon |website=Western Evening Herald |date=22 March 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/199/andreas-bossner |title=Andreas Bossner |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=1 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_people/falconsriders.php |title=Andreas Bossner |website=Exeter Falcons speedway |access-date=1 May 2023}} Bössner then won three more Austrian national titles in 1996, 1997 and 1998, to bring his total to six wins and set a record for the most wins at the time.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003596/19940324/057/0057 |title=Newcomers for Falcons |website=Western Evening Herald |date=24 March 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}}
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Category:Austrian speedway riders
Category:Exeter Falcons riders
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