RACING DRIVER

Ernst Degner

1931 - 1983

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Ernst Degner (born Ernst Eugen Wotzlawek on 22 September 1931 in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany - died 10 September 1983 in Arona, Tenerife, Spain) was a professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Eastern Germany. He defected to the west in 1961, taking MZ's and his own tuning techniques to Suzuki, and winning Suzuki's first Grand Prix championship in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Degner is the 214th most popular racing driver (up from 368th in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from Poland (up from 992nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Ernst Degner ranks 214 out of 1,080. Before him are Leo Kinnunen, Érik Comas, Nello Pagani, Hans Heyer, Gerhard Mitter, and Geki. After him are Jackie Oliver, Nanni Galli, Nick Heidfeld, Andrea de Adamich, Ignazio Giunti, and Kenny Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ernst Degner ranks 242. Before him are Robert Morris, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Elliott Belgrave, Robert Enrico, Sven Tumba, and Shunichiro Okano. After him are León Febres Cordero, Galina Zybina, Bernard Panafieu, Jean Béliveau, Yulian Semyonov, and Mino De Rossi. Among people deceased in 1983, Ernst Degner ranks 123. Before him are Michel Micombero, Oddbjørn Hagen, Juan Carlos Zabala, Cathy Berberian, Raymond Massey, and Gunta Stölzl. After him are Johan Richthoff, Fatma Begum, Adrian Boult, Herman Kahn, Werner Egk, and José Iraragorri.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ernst Degner ranks 718 out of 1,694. Before him are Aleksander Gierymski (1850), Wojciech Gerson (1831), Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1866), Samuel Eilenberg (1913), Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729), and Leo Baeck (1873). After him are Salomėja Nėris (1904), Aleksander Kakowski (1862), Uwe Johnson (1934), Nathan Alterman (1910), Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808), and Wilhelm Fliess (1858).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Poland

Among racing drivers born in Poland, Ernst Degner ranks 3. Before him are Robert Kubica (1984), and Hans Stuck (1900). After him are Adolf Brudes (1899).

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