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Robert Gary Havelock (born 4 November 1968, in Eaglescliffe, County Durham, England) is a former speedway rider who was World Champion in 1992, and for several years captained the Redcar Bears in the Premier League.〔 〕 He is the son of former speedway rider Brian Havelock.〔Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. ISBN 0-948882-81-6〕 ==Career== Havelock first competed in grasstrack racing, winning the British Junior Championship, before following his father into speedway.〔Daniel, Paul (1985) "Stars of Tomorrow: Gary Havelock", ''Speedway Star'', 18 May 1985, p. 18-19〕 Havelock showed his potential early in his speedway career, winning the Suffolk Open Championship at Mildenhall as a 16-year-old in 1984, only two weeks after qualifying for a licence.〔Butt, Randall (1984) "Great Gary", ''Speedway Star'', 20 October 1984, p. 28〕 Havelock started his league career with local club Middlesbrough Tigers (the team managed by his father) in 1985, moving from reserve to the main body of the team by May, before moving to the Bradford Dukes in 1987, where he spent the next ten seasons. A season with the Eastbourne Eagles was followed by five seasons with the Poole Pirates until 2003.〔 〕 During this time Havelock also spent the 1986/87 and 1988/89 seasons in Australia based at the North Arm Speedway in Adelaide. In 1987, Havelock won the European Under-21 Championship. This would be the final year that it would be called the European Championship as it became the World Under-21 Championship from 1988. The highlight of his career was when he won the World Championship in 1992 at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland. Havelock, the first British World Champion since Michael Lee in 1980, finished three points clear of 1990 World Champion Per Jonsson of Sweden, and four in front of Dane Gert Handberg〔Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5〕 He has also represented Great Britain in the Speedway World Team Cup finals six times, finishing runner-up in 1990 and in the Speedway World Cup four times, finishing runner-up in 2004.〔 〕 Havelock missed most of the 1996 season after seriously injuring his back whilst representing England in a test match against Australia at Poole in the July.〔 Havelock had ridden in the first two of the Speedway Grand Prix meetings that season. His 2012 season was ended early by a crash in March in which he was hit by Derek Sneddon's bike, resulting in a broken collarbone, a broken arm, and broken ribs.〔"(Havelock Injured )", speedway365.com, 23 March 2012, retrieved 9 August 2012〕〔"(Havelock Hurt at Redcar )", speedwaygb.co, 23 March 2012, retrieved 9 August 2012〕 As a consequence of the injuries to his arm, Gary Havelock announced his retirement from speedway on 22 February 2013.〔http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/uk-and-world-news/2013/02/23/speedway-legend-gary-havelock-announces-retirement-84229-32865751/〕 A week later he was named as the new team manager of Coventry Bees.〔"(Havvy is New Bees Boss )", speedwaygb.co, 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Havelock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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