Australian speedway rider (born 1984)
Rory Schlein Schlein riding for Coventry in 2007
Born (1984-09-01 ) 1 September 1984 (age 40) Darwin , Northern Territory , AustraliaNationality Australian 2001–2004 Edinburgh 2001–2002 Sheffield 2003–2004, 2011–2012 Belle Vue 2005–2010 Coventry 2008, 2017–2018 Ipswich 2010 Peterborough 2013–2016 King's Lynn 2017–2021, 2023 Wolverhampton 2019 Somerset 2021 Poole 2023–2024 Berwick 2006–2007, 2015 Indianerna 2008 Smederna 2009 Dackarna 2011 Hammarby 2007, 2011, 2017 Rybnik 2008 Wrocław 2009–2010 Grudziądz 2012 Ostrów 2013, 2015–2016, 2019 Łódź 2014 Daugavpils
2000 Australian Under-16 Champion 2003 , 2004 Australian Under-21 Champion 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2023 South Australian Champion 2004, 2008, 2011, 2018 Scottish Open Champion 2005 Jack Young Solo Cup winner2011, 2013 Elite League Riders Champion 2020 British Champion
2007, 2011 World Cup bronze/silver 2001 Premier Trophy 2001 Conference League 2004 Premier League 2007 Elite League 2007 Elite League KO Cup 2007 Craven Shield 2021 SGB Championship 2021 SGB Championship Knockout Cup 2019 SGB Championship Fours
Rory Robert Schlein (born 1 September 1984)[ 1] Australian speedway rider.[ 2] [ 3]
Career
Born in Darwin , Northern Territory , Schlein, lived in the southern Adelaide suburb of Hallett Cove and won the Australian Under-16 Championship at the Northline Speedway in his home town of Darwin in 2000.
Schlein was signed by the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2001 and won the Conference League championship that year while on loan at Sheffield Tigers . He won the Premier League championship with the Monarchs in 2003 and 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.
He first extended season in the highest British league was for Belle Vue Aces during the 2004 Elite League speedway season .[ 4] Coventry Bees and would go on to win the Elite League championship with the Bees in 2007. In between Schlein represented the Australia national speedway team at the 2006 and 2007 Speedway World Cup , where he won a bronze medal at the latter.[ 5]
He was with Coventry from 2005 to 2010 with short stints at Ipswich and Peterborough in between. In 2010, he rode for Australia in the World Cup again and in 2011 won a silver medal in the 2011 World Cup although he only rode in the rounds and not the final. Also in 2011, he joined Belle Vue again[ 6] Elite League Riders' Championship , held at Abbey Stadium on 15 October.[ 7] [ 8]
From 2013 to 2016 he rode for the King's Lynn Stars and won the League Riders' championship for a second time in October 2013.[ 9] [ 10]
In May 2015, Schlein was seriously injured while riding for Orzeł Łódź in Poland, breaking two vertebrae and damaging his lung and kidney, ending his season and initially with concern that he could be paralysed.[ 11] [ 12] Addicted To Speed: The Rory Schlein Story .[ 13] King's Lynn Stars in 2016, but missed part of the early season with a shoulder injury, and after struggling to score well was dropped in August.[ 14]
For 2017 he signed for Ipswich Witches in the SGB Championship .[ 15]
He was part of the Somerset Rebels team that won the SGB Championship Fours , which was held on 23 June 2019, at the East of England Arena .[ 16]
In 2020, he won the 2020 British Speedway Championship at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester. In 2021, he helped Poole secure the SGB Championship 2021 league and cup double.[ 17] [ 18]
In 2023, he returned to speedway signing for Wolves for the SGB Premiership 2023 , he had previously ridden for them from 2017 to 2021.[ 19] Berwick Bandits for the SGB Championship 2023 and won the South Australian Championship for the fifth time.[ 17] [ 18]
Schlein's 2024 season ended early after he sustained a fractured neck vertebrae and broken scapular at Scunthorpe.[ 20]
Family
He is the son of the 1974 Northern Territory solo champion Lyndon Schlein.[citation needed
Major results
Speedway World Cup
Individual Under-21 World Championship
References
^ Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who . ISBN 0-948882-81-6 ^ "Rory Schlein" . WWOS backup . Retrieved 11 January 2023 .^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF) . British Speedway . Retrieved 26 June 2023 .^ "Belle Vue Aces sign Australian Rory Schlein - BBC Sport" . BBC Sport . 30 October 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2023 .^ "2007 WORLD TEAM CUP" . International Speedway . Retrieved 11 January 2023 .^ "Rory Schlein roars on ", Manchester Evening News
^ "Elite League Riders' Championship" . WWOS Backup . Retrieved 9 June 2023 .^ "SCHLEIN WINS ELRC" . Birmingham Speedway . Retrieved 9 June 2023 .^ "Results: Saturday October 19 ", speedwaygb.co, 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013
^ "SPEEDWAY: Rory Schlein wins Elite League Riders' Championship at Swindon for second time" . Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard . 20 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2023 .^ Chard, Henry (2015) "Rory Schlein on his crash and his road to recovery ", Sky Sports , 8 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2017
^ "Rory Schlein: Speedway rider feared paralysis after Poland crash ", BBC , 26 June 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2017
^ "King's Lynn speedway star's crash recovery hits the big screen ", Lynn News , 21 April 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017
^ "King's Lynn Stars axe Rory Schlein and re-sign Nicklas Porsing ", Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury , 26 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017
^ Bacon, Mike (2016) "Signing for Ipswich was a ‘no brainer’ admits new boy Schlein ", Ipswich Star
^ "Speedway: Somerset win Championship Fours" . Weston Mercury . 24 June 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2023 .^ a b "Schlein and Coles complete Bandits" . British Speedway . 25 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022 .^ a b "SCHLEIN'S PERFECT WEEKEND" . British Speedway . 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023 .^ "Schlein heads back to Wolves" . British Speedway . 30 November 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022 .^ "Berwick in crisis". Speedway Star . 15 June 2024. p. 46.
