Todd Kurtz

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Todd Kurtz
Born (1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 30)
Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Career history
2010, 2011 Newport Wasps
2011 Coventry Bees
2012 Poole Pirates
2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 Plymouth Devils
2012 Peterborough Panthers
2013, 2017, 2019 Swindon Robins
2013 Lakeside Hammers
2014, 2017-2019 Somerset Rebels
2016-2018 Leicester Lions
2017-2019 Sheffield Tigers
Team honours
2016, 2019 UK tier 2 Fours

Todd William Kurtz (born 4 November 1992) is a speedway rider from Australia. [1] [2]

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Career

Kurtz won the 2008 Australian Under-16 Championship and is twice the Australian Longtrack Champion.

He joined Plymouth Devils in 2015, averaging 7.44. [3] He was part of the Plymouth team (with his brother Brady) that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 23 and 24 July 2016, at the East of England Arena. [4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for various teams, including the Leicester Lions in the SGB Premiership 2018. [5] [6]

In 2019, he rode for Somerset Rebels and Sheffield Tigers in the British leagues. [1] He won another fours championship in 2019, this time as part of the Somerset team that won the SGB Championship Fours, which was held on 23 June 2019, at the East of England Arena. [7]

Family

His brother Brady Kurtz is also a leading speedway rider. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Todd Kurtz". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "2016 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Kurtz Todd William". British Speedway. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "LIONS IN DOUBLE SWOOP". Leicester Speedway. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Speedway: Somerset win Championship Fours". Weston Mercury. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Cowra champions racing off to the United Kingdom". Cowra Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
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