Paul Cooper (speedway rider)

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Paul Cooper
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Born7 June 1982
York, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
2003-2010 Sheffield Tigers
2004 Oxford
2004 Workington Comets
2004 Berwick Bandits
Individual honours
2000, 2007British 250cc Grasstrack Champion
2005British 350cc Grasstrack Champion
2017British Sand Ace Champion
Team honours
2006, 2007 Conference League Pairs champion

Paul Robert Cooper (born 7 June 1982 in York, England) [1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. [2] [3] [4]

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Career

Cooper riding for Oxford juniors in 2004 Paul Cooper 2004 Oxford speedway.jpg
Cooper riding for Oxford juniors in 2004

Cooper is twice a winner of the Conference League Pairs Championship, partnering Benji Compton in 2006 and Simon Lambert in 2007. [5] [6]

He is also an accomplished grasstrack, long track and motorcycle racing rider, reaching the World Final of the latter. He is a multi-British Grasstrack Champion in the minor solo classes and was the 2017 and 2019 British Sand Ace Champion.

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix

European Grasstrack Championship

Final

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References

  1. ↑ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN   0-948882-81-6
  2. ↑ "Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Paul Cooper". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Bamford, Robert (2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook, Profile Peter I Karlsson. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-07524-4250-1.
  6. ↑ "SPEEDWAY: Oxford so close to pairs glory". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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