John Oliver (speedway rider)

John Oliver
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Date of birth 22 July 1987 (1987-07-22) (age 24)
Place of birth    Brisbane, Australia
Nickname J-Lo
Website johnoliverracing.com
Current club information
British league Leicester Lions 2011
Career history
Individual honours
Team honours

John Oliver (born 22 July 1987) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who has raced for King's Lynn Stars and Leicester Lions.

Born in Brisbane, Oliver raced in Britain in 2003 for a short spell at Mildenhall then moved onto Carmarthen and Buxton, before moving to Boston the following year.[1] After returning to Australia he rode in 2006 for King's Lynn, although his career was hampered by a broken thigh bone in early 2007.[1] He had a successful season for King's Lynn on his return but suffered a broken collar bone in September 2008.[1] He again returned to Australia, but joined Premier League team Leicester Lions for the 2011 season, on loan from King's Lynn, later completing a full transfer.[2] In August 2011 he was released by Leicester, moving to Scunthorpe Saints National League team. His 2011 season was ended by a crash on his home debut at Scunthorpe in which he broke both ankles and two vertebrae.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "John Oliver", Leicester Speedway, retrieved 2011-03-27
  2. ^ "Speedway: Australian John Oliver is latest rider to sign for Leicester Lions", Leicester Mercury, 16 December 2010, retrieved 2011-03-27
  3. ^ "Workington Comets Sign Dane Simon Nielsen", Times & Star, 2 September 2011, retrieved 2011-09-04

External links

Richard Hall • Sergey Darkin • Ilya Bondarenko • John Oliver • Richard Sweetman • Jamie Courtney • Jan Graversen • Charles Wright • Kauko Nieminen • Henning Bager • Magnus Karlsson
Also Rode : Mathieu Trésarrieu • Ashley Morris

Manager: David Hemsley (March-July)/Jason Attwood (July- )