Luke Killeen

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Luke Killeen
Born (2005-04-16) 16 April 2005 (age 18)
Perth, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Career history
2022–2024 Oxford Cheetahs
Individual honours
2023 Western Australia champion
Team honours
2023 NDL champions

Luke Killeen (born 16 April 2005) is an Australian speedway rider. He currently rides in the second tier of British Speedway, for the Oxford Cheetahs in the SGB Championship. [1]

Speedway career

Killeen came to prominence when he won the Australian 125cc national title in 2020. [2] [1] For the 2022 season, he signed for the newly reformed Oxford Cheetahs National Development team called the Oxford Chargers. [3] After a four month delay with passport issues he made his debut. [4]

In 2023, he moved up to ride for the Oxford Cheetahs senior team for the SGB Championship 2023. [5] [6] He also remained with the Chargers for the 2023 NDL season, [7] where he won the NDL league title with Oxford, defeating Leicester in a one-off Grand Final. [8]

He re-signed for Oxford for the 2024 season [9] and shortly afterwards won the Western Australia championship at Pinjar Park Speedway.

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References

  1. 1 2 "British Speedway profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Luke Killeen Takes Out 2020 125cc Solo Speedway Championship At Pinjar Park". Australian Speedway Championships. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Profile". WWOS backup. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Luke Killeen makes debut as Oxford Chargers visit Plymouth Centurions". Oxford Mail. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Oxford Cheetahs 2023 squad revealed in full". Oxford Speedway. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cheetahs name team for 23". British Speedway. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Oxford re-charge for 23". British Speedway. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Chargers' win title". British Speedway. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Cheetahs name their side". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 November 2023.


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