Christoph Betzl

Christoph Betzl (born 13 February 1949) is a former international speedway rider from West Germany. He earned 24 international caps for the West German national speedway team.

Speedway career
Betzl reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship representing West Germany. He has also reached the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship on eight occasions in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982. He won a bronze medal in the 1980 final and a silver medal in the 1981 final.

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Poole Pirates.

Individual World Championship

 * 1979 – 🇵🇱 Chorzów, Silesian Stadium – 14th – 2pts

World Pairs Championship

 * 1975 - 🇵🇱 Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Fritz Baur) - 6th - 10pts (6)

World Longtrack Championship

 * 1974 – Scheeßel 12th 8pts
 * 1975 – Gornja Radgona 5th 17pts
 * 1976 – Marianske Lazne 8th 10pts
 * 1977 – Aalborg 11th 9pts
 * 1979 – Marianske Lazne 13th 6pts
 * 1980 – Scheeßel 3rd 16pts
 * 1981 – Gornja Radgona 2nd 20pts
 * 1982 – Esbjerg 10th 7pts

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

 * 1971 - Inzell 14th 4pts
 * 1973 – Inzell 15th 3pts