Jason Kevin Doyle (born 6 October 1985) is an Australian

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rider. He became World Champion in 2017. He won the

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. He has also won the South Australian Championship in 2014, and the Elite League Riders' Championship and the Master of Speedway meeting in

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in 2015. Doyle is a member of the

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and represented his country in the

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. He is also the 2016, 2017, 2019 Czech Republic Grand Prix winner, taking his maiden victory on 26 June 2016, at Prague's Markéta Stadium. He became only the third rider in history to win three Grands Prix in a row when he won in Gorzow, Teterow and Stockholm before breaking his elbow, dislocating his shoulder and injuring both his lungs after crashing in his first ride in the penultimate Grand Prix of the season in Torun, Poland. He was two points clear at the top of the standings at the time of his crash and officially withdrew from the season-ending Melbourne SGP on October 7.

Career

UK and Europe

Born in Newcastle,

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, Doyle made his British speedway debut in March 2005 for

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team the

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. In 2006, Doyle remained with the Isle of Wight and signed for the

Poole Pirates Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, champions of the United Kingdom on ...

as their number 8 before moving up to the Elite League full-time with Poole in 2007. He moved to Premier League team the Somerset Rebels in 2008 after failing to secure a team place at Poole, although he still remained a Poole asset. During the 2008 season Doyle finished as runner up in the Premier League Pairs Championship with

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and represented Australia at Under-23 Test level. He also won the Premier League Knockout Cup with Somerset. Doyle missed the 2009 season after tearing the

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in his shoulder, but returned in 2010 for the Poole Pirates. In 2012 Doyle led the Rebels to League Cup victory and the team narrowly missed on winning the Premier League; He was voted Rider of the Year by the club's supporters. In the 2013 season Doyle signed for the

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, who reached the Elite League play-off final, losing to

. He also led the Somerset Rebels to the Premier League title. In December 2013 he signed for Leicester Lions for the 2014 season. Doyle fell foul of work permit rules and was initially denied a visa that would allow him to ride in the UK in 2014;Speedway: Leicester's Jason Doyle denied a work permit
, '' Daily Star'', 27 January 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014 The situation was resolved before the start of the 2014 season although he was only permitted to ride in one league, so was released by Somerset.Speedway: Somerset Rebels without Jason Doyle for 2014
, BBC, 5 February 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014 He stayed with Lions in 2015 before returning to parent club Swindon Robins for 2016. In 2013, Doyle won the Master of Speedway title in

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. Doyle has also raced in Poland and Sweden. In Sweden Doyle moved from Vastervik to Dakarna while in Poland he has left Lodz to join Torun. Doyle returned to Swindon Robins for the 2019 season, going on to win the SGB Premiership and KO Cup. In 2022, he signed for the

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for the SGB Premiership 2022 season and won the Premiership pairs. In 2023, he remained with Ipswich for the SGB Premiership 2023.

Australia

Doyle narrowly missed winning his first Australian Championship when he finished only 2 points behind

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over the three rounds of the 2014 Championship. In the "A" Final of the last round at the Gillman Speedway in

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, Doyle fell and was excluded from the re-run and with Holder finishing second he was able to win his 5th national crown. Going into the round Doyle and Holder had been tied on 38 points after the first two rounds with Doyle winning the opening round in

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and Holder the second round at Undera Park. On 28 December 2014 Doyle won the 2014/15 South Australian Championship at Gillman defeating

Rohan Tungate Rohan Tungate (born 27 January 1990) is an Australian speedway rider who has competed in the United Kingdom and Poland. He won the Australian Solo Championship in 2018. Career Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Tungate made his British speed ...

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and Dakota North in the final. Doyle became the first rider from NSW to win the SA title since

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won the 3-Lap Championship in 1949. Doyle's win also makes it 8 SA Championships in succession not won by a South Australian rider. On 10 January 2015 Doyle won the final round of the Australian Solo Championship at Kurri Kurri, also winning the title.

International

Doyle has represented the Australian team at the

, finishing 3rd with the team in

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in the

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and again in

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. Many judges believed he came of age in the 2014 Final at the

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, winning four of his six rides (including a win over reigning World Champion

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) and being the second highest scorer on the night with 13 behind

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's triple

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Nicki Pedersen who scored 17. With his second Place at the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix Challenge on 20 September in

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, Doyle qualified for the

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World Championship Series, joining Australian teammates Chris Holder (the 2012 World Champion) and Wild Card rider

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in the

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. Doyle had a mixed year in 2015, finishing the series in 5th spot with a best finish of 2nd in the penultimate round of Poland III. He finished off the year qualifying for the final at home in Australia, but a crash in the first turn with American

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resulted in a short stay in hospital after suffering neck and chest injuries. On 25 June 2016, Doyle won his first ever SGP when he took out the Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic at the Markéta Stadium in Prague. After finishing in 6th place in the next round in

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he returned to the podium with second in Sweden before winning the next three Grand Prix in Poland II,

and

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to be in 1st place, 5 points ahead of three-time champion Greg Hancock after 9 of the 11 rounds. Doyle's 3 SGP wins in a row was the first time a rider had taken a hat-trick since fellow Aussie Jason Crump had won 3 in a row on his way to winning the 2016 championship but a crash in his first ride at the 3rd Polish round in which he dislocated his shoulder and broke his elbow put paid to his 2016 championship hopes. His 2017 GP campaign was exemplary with his only single figure score having happened in Stockholm, he clinched the 2017 title after winning the Australian Grand Prix having dropped only 2 points for the whole meeting. Doyle became world champion in 2017, dominating the Speedway Grand Prix series despite riding with a broken foot for much of the season, winning the Czech Republic and Australian stages. Doyle finished in 10th place during the 2022

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, after securing 83 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix. He was selected as a full time rider for the

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Major results

World individual Championship

- 5th * 2016 Speedway Grand Prix - 5th (including Czech Republic, Gorzów, German and Swedish grand prix wins) *

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- Champion (including Czech Republic and Australian grand prix wins) *

2018 Speedway Grand Prix The 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 24th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 73rd FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the eighteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The wo ...

- 7th *

2019 Speedway Grand Prix The 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 25th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 74th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the nineteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The ti ...

- 7th *

2020 Speedway Grand Prix The 2020 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 26th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 75th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the 20th series under the promotion of Benfield Sports ...

- 6th *

2021 Speedway Grand Prix The 2021 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 27th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 76th FIM Speedway World Championship. The series was dominated by Polish venues once again with six of the 11 races taking place in Poland. Grea ...

- 9th * 2022 Speedway Grand Prix - 10th

World Team Championship

* 2013 Speedway World Cup –

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, Markéta Stadium – 3rd – 33pts (5) *

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–

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– 3rd – 36pts (13) * 2015 Speedway World Cup –

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– 4th – 26pts (8) *

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–

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– 4th – 22pts (7) *

2017 Speedway World Cup The 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the seventeenth and the last FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 1 July and 8 July 2017 and involved nine national ...

- 5th *

2018 Speedway of Nations The 2018 Speedway of Nations was the first FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition consisted of two race-off events and a two-legged final. The event was won by Russia, who beat Great Britain in the Grand Final. It replaced the Speedway World Cup ...

- 4th *

2019 Speedway of Nations The 2019 Speedway of Nations was the second FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition consisted of two race-off events and a two-legged final. The event was won by Russia for the second consecutive year. They beat Poland in the Grand Final with Aus ...

- 3rd *

2020 Speedway of Nations The 2020 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the third FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition was scheduled to consist of a two-legged final but was reduced to a single leg because of heavy rain on the opening day. The Speedwa ...

- 5th *

2021 Speedway of Nations The 2021 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the fourth FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. The final was held on 16 & 17 October 2021 and was won by Great Britain, with Poland taki ...

- 4th

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Jason 1985 births Living people Australian speedway riders Australian motorcycle racers Ipswich Witches riders Isle of Wight Islanders riders Leicester Lions riders Poole Pirates riders Somerset Rebels riders Swindon Robins riders Individual Speedway World Champions People from the Hunter Region Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales