Tobias Busch

{{Short description|German speedway rider}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox Speedway rider

| image =

| name= Tobias Busch

| nationality = German

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|5|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stralsund, Germany

| career1 = Germany

| years2 = 2005–2007, 2010–2012, 2022

| career2 = Stralsund

| years3 = 2007–2008

| career3 = Neuenknick

| career4 = Great Britain

| career5 = Redcar

| years5 = 2016–2018

| years6 = 2010

| career6 = Edinburgh

| career9 = Poland

| years10 = 2018

| career10 = Krosno

| career13 = Denmark

| years14 = 2008

| career14 = Esbjerg

| years15 = 2012

| career15 = Outrup

| teamyear1 = 2022

| teamhonour1 = German Championship

| teamyear2 =

| teamhonour2 =

}}

Tobias Busch (born 13 May 1988, Stralsund) is a German former speedway rider. He earned one international cap for the German national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=17 March 2024}}

Career

He started his British speedway career with the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2010. He joined the Redcar Bears in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/speedway/redcar-bears-german-ace-tobias-11607459 |title=Redcar Bears' German ace Tobias Busch relishing Edinburgh reunion |website=Teesside Live |access-date=24 August 2024}}Oakes, P.(2016). 2016 BRITISH SPEEDWAY YEARBOOK In 2017, he made his debut in the Astana Expo FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Qualification round for the individual series which took place on 7 January in Ylitornio, Finland representing Germany scoring 4 points.{{cite web | url=http://eisspeedway.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/official-results-fim-ice-speedway.html?m=1 | title=Official results FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Qualification Round 1 - 7 January 2017 Ylitornio (Finland) | date=7 January 2017 | publisher=Eisspeedway Journal | accessdate=9 November 2019 }}

He announced his retirement at the end of the 2022 season,{{cite web |url=https://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/lokales/vorpommern-ruegen/stralsund/bewegender-abschied-in-stralsund-speedway-ass-tobias-busch-hoert-auf-NAZKPFV26YK4JCF45YEMXWJYGA.html |title=Bewegender Abschied in Stralsund |website=Ostsee Zeitung |access-date=24 August 2024}}{{cite magazine |author= |title=Speedway from around the globe |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |page=41 |location= |publisher= |date=23 July 2022 |access-date=}}{{cite web |url=https://sasatimes.com/gustrow-tobias-busch-announces-his-retirement-speedway/ |title=Güstrow: Tobias Busch announces his retirement / Speedway |website=SASA Times |access-date=4 January 2023}} after helping MC Nordstern Stralsund win the German Championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedweek.com/amp/speedwaybundesliga/news/196593/Fataler-Sturz-ueberschattet-Stralsunds-Titelgewinn.html |title=Bad fall overshadows Stralsund's title win |website=Speedweek |access-date=17 March 2024}}

References