Valentin Grobauer
{{short description|German speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image =
| name = Valentin Grobauer
| nationality = German
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rotthalmünster, Germany
| career1 = Germany
| years2 = 2012, 2022
| career2 = Diedenbergen
| years3 = 2022
| career3 = Olching
| career6 = Poland
| years7 = 2016
| career7 = Opole
| years8 = 2017
| career8 = Rawicz
| years9 = 2018-2019
| career9 = Bydgoszcz
| years10 = 2020
| career10 = Wittstock
| years11 = 2021-2022, 2024
| career11 = Landshut
| career14 = Great Britain
| years15 = 2019
| career15 = Somerset Rebels
| years16 = 2021
| career16 = Birmingham Brummies
| career18 = Sweden
| years19 = 2022
| career19 = Örnarna
| indivyear1 = 2023
| indivhonour1 = German Championship silver
}}
Valentin Grobauer (born 21 December 1994) is a German international motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/valentin-grobauer/ |title=Valentin Grobauer Niemcy |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=14 January 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://speedway-landshut.de/valentin-grobauer.html |title=Valentin Grobauer - Trans MF Devils Landshut |website=Landshut Speedway |access-date=14 January 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wuerdinger.de/blog-speedway-profi/ |title=Speedway-Profi Grobauer in Heimat zurückgekehrt |website=Zweirad Würdinger |access-date=24 August 2024}}
Career
Grobauer won three bronze medals at the German U21 Championship in 2012, 2013 and 2015. He reached two European Junior Championship finals in 2013{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/mindme.php|title=2013 European Under 21 Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=8 August 2021}} and 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/mindme.php|title=2014 European Under 21 Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=8 August 2021}}
In 2015, he reached both finals of the 2015 Team Speedway Junior World Championship and the 2015 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/4461/zmarzlik-world-u21-champ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922092445/http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/4461/zmarzlik-world-u21-champ|url-status=usurped|archive-date=22 September 2015|title=Zmarzlk world U21 champ|date=19 September 2015|accessdate=19 December 2015|publisher=Benfield Sports International}}
He represented Germany at the 2021 Speedway of Nations.{{cite magazine |author= |title=Speedway of Nations Preview |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |page=22 |location= |publisher= |date=23 July 2022 |access-date=}} In 2021, he signed for Birmingham Brummies for the SGB Championship 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.donaukurier.de/archiv/speedway-valentin-grobauer-feiert-erfolgreiches-comeback-1350807 |title=Speedway: Valentin Grobauer feiert erfolgreiches Comeback |website=Donaukurier |access-date=24 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.birmingham-speedway.com/news.php?extend.2909 |title=GROBAUER KEEN TO REPAY BRUMMIES BOSSES |website=Birmingham Speedway |access-date=14 January 2023}}
In 2023, he won the silver medal in the 2023 German Individual Speedway Championship behind Kevin Wölbert.{{cite web |url=https://speedwaynews.pl/zuzel/nie-bylo-mocnych-na-wolberta-mistrzostwa-bez-gwiazd/ |title=Speedway - There were no strong opponents for Wölbert! Championship without stars |website=Speedway News |access-date=17 March 2024}}
Major results
=World team Championships=
- 2021 Speedway of Nations - =8th
See also
References
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