Richard Sweetman

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Richard Sweetman
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Born (1990-07-28) 28 July 1990 (age 32)
Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Career history
2008-2009 Swindon Robins
2008 Isle of Wight Islanders
2009-2010 Birmingham Brummies
2009 Belle Vue Aces
2010 Coventry Bees
2011 Leicester Lions
2011 Glasgow Tigers
Individual honours
2007NSW Under-21 Champion
2007 Australian Long Track Champion
Team honours
2010 Premier League Fours Champion

Richard Thomas Sweetman (born 28 July 1990 in Maitland, New South Wales) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. [1] [2]

Career

Born in Maitland, the birthplace of motorcycle speedway (1926), Sweetman won the New South Wales Under-21 individual championship in 2007. [3]

He rode for the Swindon Robins, Isle of Wight Islanders, Birmingham Brummies, Belle Vue Aces, and Coventry Bees. [4]

He was part of the Birmingham four who won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, on 15 August 2010, at the East of England Arena. [5]

He signed for Leicester Lions for the 2011 season, but was allowed to leave Leicester in June, stating that he wanted to take a break from the sport, only to sign for Glasgow Tigers a few days later. [6] [7] However, 2011 was his last season in Britain.

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References

  1. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Richard Sweetman Archived 21 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine ", Leicester Speedway, retrieved 2011-03-27
  4. ↑ "Big-hitter Richard Sweetman signs as Leicester Lions complete line-up", Leicester Mercury , 23 December 2010, retrieved 2011-02-26
  5. ↑ "2010 Birmingham results". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Leicester Lions hope for swift Richard Sweetman return", BBC, 29 June 2011, retrieved 2011-10-02
  7. ↑ Wilson, Fraser (2011) "Speedway: Glasgow Tigers Sign Richard Sweetman Ahead Of Leicester Clash", The Glaswegian, 1 July 2011, retrieved 2011-10-02
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