Romano Hummel

Romano Hummel
Born4 January 1999 (1999-01-04) (age 25)
Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Career history
2016Berwick Bandits
Individual honours
2021Long Track World Champion
Team honours
2023World Longtrack Team Champion
2017Team Long Track World Championship bronze

Romano Hummel (born 4 January 1999) is an international speedway rider from the Netherlands.[1][2]

Speedway career

Hummel became the Long Track World Champion, after winning the 2021 Individual Long Track World Championship.[3][4] He had previously won a bronze medal at the 2017 Team Long Track World Championship.

He rode in the 2016 Premier League speedway season of British Speedway in 2016, riding for the Berwick Bandits.[5][1]

In 2023, he was part of the Dutch team, along with Dave Meijerink, Mika Meijer and Jannick de Jong, that won the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship.[6]

After twice winning the European Grasstrack Championship in 2022[7] and 2023, he lost out to Chris Harris in 2024.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Romano Hummel". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 FIM LONG TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Round 2". YouTube. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  4. ^ "World Longtrack Championship 2021 Overall Standings". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. ^ "24 September 2023 in Roden". Bahn Sport (In Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Romano Hummel heißt der große Sieger beim 58. Zweibrücker ADAC Grasbahnrennen". Die Rheinpfalz. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Romano Hummel moet in Roden rijden om ook volgend jaar aan het WK langbaan te kunnen meedoen". Dagblad Noorden. Retrieved 24 September 2024.