Mathieu "Mat" Trésarrieu (born 2 March 1986) is a French

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 who competes in Speedway, Longtrack and

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. He is a two times World Longtrack Champion and is a three-time speedway champion of France.

Biography

Trésarrieu was born in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture ...

in 1986, and took up speedway at the age of twelve.2011 Rider Index
, speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-26Mathieu Trésarrieu
, peterboroughpanthers.co, retrieved 2011-11-26 His two older brothers

Stéphane Stéphane is a male French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. Notable people with this given name include: *Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French footballer *Stéphane Agbre Dasse (born 1989), Burkinabé football player *Stéphane Allagnon, ...

and Sebastien are also speedway riders. He won the French national championship for the first time in 2002. Between 2002 and 2003 he rode for the

Isle of Wight Islanders The Isle of Wight Wightlink Warriors (formerly Islanders) are a British speedway team. They last competed in the 2019 National Development League and ride their home meetings at the Smallbrook Stadium. History Isle of Wight speedway began at ...

in seven matches, but only got a regular league place in 2005 when he rode in forty matches for

Reading Racers Reading Racers are a British motorcycle speedway team. Formed in 1968, they won four British League titles during their history. The club closed in October 2008 after the lease on Smallmead Stadium was sold and the site was demolished. In 2016 a ...

at an average score of 5.6. In 2006 he moved on to

Redcar Bears The Redcar Bears are a British speedway team who currently compete in the SGB Championship (middle tier of the British speedway leagues). Their major team honour to date is the SGB Championship KO Cup win in 2019 against rivals Newcastle Diamo ...

, where he stayed for two seasons, averaging over seven in each. He won the French title for a second time in 2007, and (after missing the 2008 season through injury) for a third time in 2009. He also finished third in the

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in 2007. He returned to British speedway in 2010 in the Elite League with

Peterborough Panthers The Peterborough Panthers are a British speedway team based in Peterborough, England. They are three times champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest level league in 1999, 2006 and 2021. History 1970–1994 The Panthers inaugural se ...

, but failed to get a starting place at the start of the 2011 season. An injury to Ilya Bondarenko gave him an opportunity with

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. The club returned to speedway for the 2011 Premier League season, moving up to the Elite League ...

, and later in 2011 he signed for

Ipswich Witches The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm (first ...

to replace the injured

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, riding as part of the team that won the

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at Leicester.Hemsley hails Mathieu Tresarrieu impact at Leicester
,

BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...

, 18 May 2011, retrieved 2011-11-26Speedway: Ipswich Witches make Mathieu Tresarrieu signing
,

, 27 June 2011, retrieved 2011-11-26 Mat re-joined Ipswich in 2012, electing to focus on speedway, rather than grass and long track racing. In 2022, he won his second World Longtrack title, finishing 28 points clear of

Zach Wajtknecht Zach Wajtknecht (born 8 February 1998) is a British speedway rider. Career At an early age Wajtknecht became a double World Champion, twice triumphing in the FIM 125cc Grasstrack Youth Gold Trophy. He followed up these successes by being crow ...

in the 2022 Individual Long Track World Championship.

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix Series

Best results *

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Third 2016 * Herxheim First 2019, Second 2014, 2017 *

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First 2007, 2018 *

Marmande Marmande (; in Occitan, ''Marmanda'') is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne ''département'' in south-western France. Geography Marmande is located 35 km north-west of Agen, on the southern railway from Bordeaux to Sète. The town is situate ...

First 2007, Third 2011 * Morizes Second 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 *

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Third 2017, 2018, 2019 *

Vechta Vechta (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Vechte'') is the capital and largest city of the Vechta district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is home to the University of Vechta. It is known for the 'Stoppelmarkt' fair, which takes place every summer and has a hi ...

Second 2009, 2010 * St. Macaire Third 2006 * Roden Second 2018 *

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Second 2018

European Grasstrack Championship

Finals * 2003

(NSR) * 2004

(18th) 6pts * 2006

(NS) * 2007

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(NS) * 2013

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region ('' Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and ...

(10th) 12pts * 2014 St. Macaire (5th) 17pts * 2016

(Second) 19pts * 2017 Hertingen (16th) 3pts * 2018 Tayac (5th) 16pts * 2019

Bad Hersfeld The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld (''Bad'' is "spa" in German; the Old High German name of the city was ''Herolfisfeld'') is the district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km south ...

(10th) 12pts * 2020 Tayac (First) 19pts

References

External links

* https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/mathieu-tresarrieu/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Tresarrieu, Mathieu 1986 births Living people French speedway riders Reading Racers riders Redcar Bears riders Peterborough Panthers riders Leicester Lions riders Ipswich Witches riders Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders Sportspeople from Bordeaux