Rory Schlein

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Rory Schlein
Personal information
Nationality Australia Australian
Date of birth (1984-09-01) 1 September 1984
Place of birth    Darwin, Northern Territory
Nickname Roo-boy
Website Rory Schlein racing
Current club information
British league King's Lynn Stars
Swedish league Hammarby
Career history
Edinburgh Monarchs
Sheffield Tigers
Belle Vue Aces
Coventry Bees
Ipswich Witches
Peterborough Panthers
Indianerna (SWE)
Smederna (SWE)
Dackarna (SWE)
King's Lynn Stars
2001–2004
2001–2002
2003–2004, 2011-2012
2005–2010
2008
2010
2006–2007
2008
2009
2013
Individual honours
Australian Under-16 Champion
Australian Under-21 Champion
South Australian Champion
Elite League Riders Champion
2000
2003, 2004
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
2011, 2013
Team honours
Premier Trophy
Conference League
Premier League
Elite League
Elite League KO Cup
Craven Shield
2001
2001
2004
2007
2007
2007

Rory Robert Schlein (born 1 September 1984, in Darwin, Northern Territory)[1] is an Australian international speedway rider. Schlein was signed by the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2001 and has since won the Conference League championship while on loan at Sheffield Tigers in 2001, the Premier League championship with the Monarchs in 2003 and the British Elite League championship with the Coventry Bees in 2007. Schlein was the Australian individual under 21 champion in 2004 and has represented the Australia national speedway team at the 2006 and 2007 Speedway World Cup.

Schlein, who when home in Australia lives in the southern Adelaide suburb of Hallett Cove and calls the Gillman Speedway his home track, won the Australian Under-21 Speedway Championship in 2003 and 2004 and finished 2nd to Chris Holder in 2005. He also won the South Australian Championship in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and he won the Australian Under-16 Championship at the Northline Speedway in his home town of Darwin in 2000.

In 2011 he won the Elite League Riders' Championship and won it for a second time in October 2013.[2]

References

  1. Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6. 
  2. "Results: Saturday October 19", speedwaygb.co, 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013

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