Rory Schlein

Rory Schlein
Born (1984-09-01) 1 September 1984
Darwin, Northern Territory
Nickname Roo-boy
Nationality Australia Australian
Website Rory Schlein racing
Current club information
British league King's Lynn Stars
Swedish league Indianerna
Career history
2001–2004 Edinburgh Monarchs
2001–2002 Sheffield Tigers
2003–2004, 2011-2012 Belle Vue Aces
2005–2010 Coventry Bees
2008 Ipswich Witches
2010 Peterborough Panthers
2006–2007, 2015 Indianerna (SWE)
2008 Smederna (SWE)
2009 Dackarna (SWE)
2013– King's Lynn Stars
Individual honours
2000 Australian Under-16 Champion
2003, 2004 Australian Under-21 Champion
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 South Australian Champion
2004, 2008, 2011 Scottish Open Champion
2005 Jack Young Solo Cup winner
2011, 2013 Elite League Riders Champion
Team honours
2001 Premier Trophy
2001 Conference League
2004 Premier League
2007 Elite League
2007 Elite League KO Cup
2007 Craven Shield

Rory Robert Schlein (born 1 September 1984, in Darwin, Northern Territory)[1] is an Australian international speedway rider. He is the son of the 1974 Northern Territory Solo Champion Lyndon Schlein.

Career

Schlein was signed by the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2001 and has since won the Conference League championship while on loan at Sheffield Tigers in 2001, the Premier League championship with the Monarchs in 2003 and the British Elite League championship with the Coventry Bees in 2007. Schlein was the Australian individual under 21 champion in 2004 and has represented the Australia national speedway team at the 2006 and 2007 Speedway World Cup.

Schlein, who when home in Australia lives in the southern Adelaide suburb of Hallett Cove and calls the Gillman Speedway his home track, 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 and he won the Australian Under-16 Championship at the Northline Speedway in his home town of Darwin in 2000.

In 2011 he won the Elite League Riders' Championship and won it for a second time in October 2013.[2]

World Final Appearances

Individual Under-21 World Championship

References

  1. ↑ Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6.
  2. ↑ "Results: Saturday October 19", speedwaygb.co, 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013


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