David Bellego Explained

Nationality:French
Birth Date:1993 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Marmande, France
Website:Official website
Career1:Great Britain
Years2:2011
Career2:Glasgow
Years3:2012–2014
Career3:Berwick
Years4:2015, 2023
Career4:Sheffield
Years5:2016
Career5:Redcar
Years6:2017–2019
Years7:2019
Career7:Ipswich
Career8:Poland
Years9:2017
Career9:Krosno
Years10:2020, 2023
Career10:Bydgoszcz
Years11:2022
Career11:Leszno
Career12:Tarnów
Years12:2024
Career13:Sweden
Years14:2019-2021
Career14:Masarna
Years15:2022
Career15:Indianerna
Years16:2023
Career16:Västervik
Years17:2024
Career17:Dackarna
Career24:Denmark
Years25:2016–2017, 2021, 2024
Career25:Grindsted
Indivyear1:2010, 2020, 2021, 2022
Indivhonour1:French Champion
Teamyear1:2018, 2019
Teamhonour1:Team Long Track World Champion
Teamyear2:2012
Teamhonour2:Four-Team Championship winner
Teamyear3:2017, 2023
Teamhonour3:SGB Premiership

David Bellego (born 15 May 1993 in Marmande) is a French motorcycle speedway rider, who competes in Grasstrack, Longtrack and Speedway.[1] He is four times champion of France.[2] [3]

Speedway career

International

In 2012, he was part of the French team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Team Long Track World Championship.[4] Six years later he became a world champion after scoring 12 points as part of the winning team for 2018 Team Long Track World Championship.[5] The following year he helped France successfully defend the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.[6] He also participated in the Individual Speedway European Championship four times in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

In 2022, he won his fourth French Individual Speedway Championship.

Club

In 2012, he was part of the Berwick Bandits side that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship.[7] In 2016, he rode for Redcar Bears[8] and in 2017, Bellego competed full-time in the top division of British Speedway for the first time with Swindon Robins when they won the League Championship and was retained for the 2018 season.[9]

In 2020, he won the Swedish league with Masarna during the 2020 Swedish speedway season. In 2023, he signed for Sheffield Tigers for the SGB Premiership 2023, having previously ridden for them in 2015. He helped them win the league title.[10] [11]

Major results

World Team Championships

World Individual Longtrack Championship

World Longtrack Team Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Bellego . Grasstrack GB . 1993-05-15 . 2017-04-18.
  2. . Speedway from around the globe . Speedway Star . 46 . 22 October 2022 .
  3. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 27 June 2023.
  4. Web site: World Team Long Track Championship. Edinburgh Speedway. 17 July 2021.
  5. Web site: World Team Long Track Championship. Edinburgh Speedway. 17 July 2021.
  6. Web site: Final scores. Speedway Updates. 17 July 2021.
  7. Web site: British Speedway Archive. Speedway GB. 15 October 2021.
  8. Web site: Redcar Bears sign 22-year old French International David Bellego . Gazette Live . 2015-11-27 . 2017-04-18.
  9. News: Barnes. Dan. Robins land their fancied Frenchman. 27 November 2016. Swindon Advertiser. 17 November 2016.
  10. Web site: Tigers champions in Grand Final drama . British Speedway . 6 October 2023 . 14 October 2023.
  11. Web site: Bellego returns with Tigers . British Speedway . 17 November 2022 . 20 November 2022.