Tags: Motorcycle Rider, Motorsport Racer.
Ernst Degner (born Ernst Eugen Wotzlawek on 22 September 1931 in Gleiwitz Upper Silesia Germany – died 10 September 1983 in Arona Teneriffe Spain) was a German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Degner was noted for defecting to the West in 1961 taking MZ’s tuning techniques to Suzuki and winning Suzuki’s first Grand Prix championship in 1962.