Anthony Michael Langdon (born 20 June 1969) is a former
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 from Australia.
Career
Langdon started his British leagues career during the
1988 National League season, where he rode for
Poole Pirates. He stayed at Poole for five years, recording an average of 8.23 during the
1990 National League season.
[
In ]1991
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, Poole competed in the British League division 1 (the highest league) and Langdon remained with them. In 1992, after a failed bid by Edinburgh Monarchs
The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish speedway team based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess and also runs a ...
to sign him, he doubled up for Poole and for the Sheffield Tigers, where he averaged an impressive 9.21 for the latter.[ He joined the Oxford Cheetahs for the 1993 season and topped the team averages.
In 1994, he won the British League Division Two Pairs Championship, partnering ]Tony Olsson
John Tony Olsson (born 13 March 1965 in Visby) is a Swedish former international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Swedish team that finished third in the 1988 and 1989 World Team Cup finals. He earned 26 caps for the Sweden ...
for the Swindon Robins, during the 1994 British League Division Two season
The 1994 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. The British League Divisions 2 and 3 were disbanded after this season and did not return until 1997. An Academy League was intro ...
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Family
His brother Steve Langdon was also a professional speedway rider.[
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References
Living people
1969 births
Australian speedway riders
Oxford Cheetahs riders
Poole Pirates riders
Australian expatriate speedway riders in England
Swindon Robins riders
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