Oliver Allen (speedway rider)

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Oliver Allen
Born (1982-05-27) 27 May 1982 (age 41)
Norwich, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
Great Britain
1997–1998, 2015 Peterborough Panthers
1998 Arena Essex Hammers
1999–2005 Swindon Robins
2005 King's Lynn Stars
2005 Eastbourne Eagles
2006–2009 Coventry Bees
2010 Ipswich Witches
2010–2011 King's Lynn Stars
2014 Somerset Rebels
Sweden
2002–2004 Vargarna
2005 Getingarna
Poland
2007 Gniezno
2008-2011 Grudziądz
2012 Rybnik
2013-2014 Kraków
Individual honours
2006 Queensland State Champion
2013 Premier League Riders Champion
Team honours
2007 Elite League Champion
1998 Premier League Champion
2006, 2007 Elite League KO Cup Winner
2000, 2005 Premier League KO Cup Winner
2007, 2008 Craven Shield winner
2000, 2005 Young Shield Winner
2003, 2014 Premier League Fours Winner
1997 Conference League Champion

Oliver James Allen (born 27 May 1982 in Norwich, Norfolk) [1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. [2] [3] He earned two international caps for the Great Britain national speedway team. From 2019, he has been joint manager of the Great Britain team with Simon Stead.

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Family

His brother Tommy Allen was also a speedway rider.

Career

Allen began his speedway career riding at Peterborough Panthers, initially winning the 1997 Speedway Conference League with the junior side called the Thundercats before being promoted to the main side during the 1998 Premier League speedway season, where he contributed towards a league winning season again. [4]

He joined the Swindon Robins in 1999 and stayed with the club for seven years. He was part of the Swindon team that won the Knockout Cup in 2000 and part of the four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 27 July 2003, at the Abbey Stadium. [5]

The success continued, winning a second Knockout Cup title with King's Lynn Stars in 2005, before joining Coventry Bees in 2006, where he won the Elite League Knockout Cup and Elite Shield in 2006 and was part of the Bees team that won the league and cup double in 2007. [6]

His finest individual success came in 2013, when he won the Premier League Riders' Championship. [7] The final was held on 22 September at Owlerton Stadium. [8]

He joined the Somerset Rebels in 2014 and was part of the Somerset team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 3 August 2014, at the East of England Arena. [9]

When his career ended in 2015 he had also been capped twice by the Great Britain national speedway team. [4]

Management

In September 2019, he was appointed as joint team manager (with Simon Stead) of the Great Britain speedway team. [10] In 2021, he helped the British team win their first World team competition in 32 years, when they won the 2021 Speedway of Nations. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN   0-948882-81-6
  2. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Allen, Oliver". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. 1 2 "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "2003 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Coventry results 2007" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "RESULTS: SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22", speedwaygb.co, 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013
  8. ↑ "ALLEN WINS PLRC". Sheffield Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "GB Team Managers Revealed", gbspeedwayteam.com, 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019
  11. ↑ "Monster Energy SON final line-up revealed". FIM. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
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