Zoltán Adorján (born 15 November 1961 in Debrecen, Hungary) is former international motorcycle speedway rider.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. He is a 13-time Hungarian national champion and earned 51 caps for the Hungary national speedway team.
Career Adorján came to prominence when he reached the 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship final. Four years later in 1989 he won the Continental Speedway Final on the way to reaching his second World final.
The following year, Adorján teamed up with Sándor Tihanyi to secure a first medal at world level for Hungary when they won a bronze at the 1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship in Germany. He was a member of the Hungarian national team that toured the United Kingdom in 1991 and competed in the last Speedway World Pairs Championship] at the 1993 Speedway World Pairs Championship in Vojens, Denmark.
On 30 July 1995, Adorján won the Continental Final, which formed part of the 1996 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification. It was the second time he had won the final having previously won it in 1989. In 1996, he won the Argentine Championship.
World Final Appearances Individual World Championship 1985 – Bradford, Odsal Stadium – 14th – 2pts 1989 – München, Olympiastadion – 15th – 4pts 1990 – Bradford, Odsal Stadium – 16th – 2pts
World Pairs Championship 1988 – Bradford, Odsal Stadium (with Antal Kocso) – 6th – 25pts 1989 – Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Antal Kocso) – 6th – 22pts 1990 – Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Sándor Tihanyi) – 3rd – 37pts 1993 – Vojens, Speedway Center (with József Petrikovics / Antal Kocso) – 7th – 10pts
See also Hungary national speedway team
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