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Dan Bewley
Born (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 25)
Maryport, Cumbria, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Current club information
British leagueBelle Vue Aces
Polish leagueSparta Wroclaw
Swedish leagueEskilstuna Smederna
Career history
Premiership
2017–Belle Vue Aces
Individual honours
2017National League Riders' Champion
2020British Under-21 Champion
Team honours
2021World team champion

Daniel Bewley (born 10 May 1999) is a British international speedway rider. He currently rides for Belle Vue Aces in the SGB Premiership.[1]

Career

Bewley started riding for the Belle Vue Colts, where he won the National League Riders' Championship in 2017 before being promoted to the senior side (Belle Vue Aces) in 2017.[2] The same year he won the 2017 Conference League Riders' Championship.[3]

In 2018, he finished runner-up to Robert Lambert in the British Speedway Championship, won the British Under-19 Final and claimed a third place in the second round of the World Under 21 Championship series in Poland.[2]

In 2020, Bewley won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship and became a member of the British Speedway team.[2] In 2021, he finished runner-up again in the 2021 British Speedway Championship.[4][5]

In 2021, he became a world champion after Great Britain secured the 2021 Speedway of Nations (the world team title).[6]

In August 2022, Bewley won back-to-back SGPs in Cardiff[7] and Wroclaw.

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Aces". Belle Vue Aces. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Dan Bewley". GB Speedway. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ "BEWLEY WINS NLRC". British Speedway. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ^ "British final". Speedway Great Britain. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway: Great Britain claim first world title since 1989 with win over Poland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Speedway Grand Prix 2022: Dan Bewley produces historic victory despite tough track conditions in Cardiff". 13 August 2022.