Born | 22 April 2004 21) Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England | (age
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Nationality | British (English) |
Career history | |
2019–2024 | Leicester |
2022 | Wolverhampton |
2023 | Ipswich |
2023 | Poole |
2024–2025 | Plymouth |
Team honours | |
2025 | Premiership KO Cup (tier 1) |
2019, 2022 | tier 3 league champions |
2019, 2022 | tier 3 KO Cup winners |
2022 | tier 3 pairs winners |
Joseph Thompson (born 22 April 2004) is a motorcycle speedway rider from England. [1] [2]
Thompson began his speedway career riding for the Leicester Lion Cubs during the 2019 National Development League speedway season. [1] In 2021, he broke into the Leicester Lions senior team for the SGB Championship 2021. [3]
In 2022, he continued to represent Leicester but made his debut for Wolverhampton Wolves (in the highest league in Britain) during the SGB Premiership 2022 season. [2] [1] [4] He helped Leicester dominate the season by winning the league, successfully defending their National League Knockout Cup title (from 2019) and winning the Pairs Championship, partnered by his brother Dan. [5] [6]
In 2023, he signed for Scunthorpe Scorpions for the SGB Championship 2023 following Leicester's move to the Premiership [7] and re-signed for Leicester Lion Cubs for the 2023 National Development League speedway season. [8] Following the injury sustained by Jack Thomas, Thompson was brought into the Ipswich Premiership team as their rising star [9] but he was released by Scunthorpe following problems over the team averages before being drafted into the Poole Pirates team. [10]
In 2024, he signed for Leicester again (this time in the Premiership and NDL) for the 2024 season [11] and joined the Plymouth Gladiators for the 2024 Championship season. [12] Thompson lost his place to Sam Hagon as the rising star for Leicester in the Premiership [13] but regained it later in the 2025 season and helped Leicester defeat King's Lynn to win the Knockout Cup. [14]
His twin brother Dan Thompson also rides for Leicester Lion Cubs. [15]