Andrew Simon Galvin (born 13 November 1965 in

Whitstable Whitstable () is a town on the north coast of Kent, England, at the convergence of the The Swale, Swale and the Greater Thames Estuary, north of Canterbury and west of Herne Bay, Kent, Herne Bay. The town, formerly known as Whitstable-on-Se ...

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, United Kingdom) was a

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider, most notable for his performances in the late 1980s and 1990 when he consistently appeared near the top of the UK National League averages.Oakes, P (1991). ''Complete History of the British League: Speedway''.

Career Summary

Galvin raced for several British league clubs during his career, starting with Crayford Kestrels in 1982, but spent his most successful years with the

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between 1984 and 1990. In 1988, he won the London Riders' Championship and was the Southern Riders Champion in 1988 and 1989. In 1990, he won the National League Pairs, partnering Steve Schofield for Hackney, during the 1990 National League season. He made one appearance for England in a test match against the USA in 1991. Riding with the

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in 1993, he suffered a serious accident which left him with serious neck, back, ribs and pelvis injuries. After a break of nearly 10 years, Galvin returned to racing in 2001 but, after failing to recapture his previous form, retired again midway through the 2003 season. At retirement he had earned one international cap for the

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References

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