Born | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | 31 January 1965
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Nationality | Australian |
Career history | |
1986-1990 | King's Lynn Stars |
1991-1992 | Peterborough Panthers |
Individual honours | |
1989, 1990 | Australian National Championships silver & bronze |
Team honours | |
1992 | Triple League, Knockout Cup & Fours |
Stephen Mark Davies (born 31 January 1965) is an Australian former international speedway rider. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Davies twice won medals at the Australian National Championships. [5] He won a silver medal in 1989 behind Glenn Doyle and a bronze medal the following year in 1990. [6] He was the champion of New South Wales on several occasions and reached the 1987 Individual Long Track World Championship semi final. [2]
After winning the New South Wales Championship in 1986 he arrived to race in Britain. [7] Davies rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1986 to 1990, riding for King's Lynn Stars. [8] [1] After leaving King's Lynn to join Peterborough Panthers in 1991, [9] he captained the triple winning Peterborough side during the 1992 British League Division Two season. [3]
His son Alex Davies, born in Northampton, was a professional rider in the UK from 2010-2018
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