Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams (born April 28, 1971 in Mildura , Victoria ) is an Australian speedway driver . He is a three-time team world champion and won a world title at the U-21 world championships in speedway. He is also a ten-time Australian champion.
Life
He drove in the British league for the Swindon Robins , in the Swedish for Lejonen from Gislaved and in the Polish league for Unia Leszno . At the beginning of 2011 he ended his sporting career as a speedway driver.
While training for a motorcycle marathon rally through the outback, he fell in a dry river bed near Alice Springs and sustained serious injuries to his spine. Since then he has been paralyzed down the waist.
successes
singles
- U-21 world champion: 1992
- Australian champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009
- 8 Grand Prix victories
team
- World Champion: 1999, 2001, 2002
- British champion: 2001, 2002
- Polish champion: 2007, 2010
Web links
Commons : Leigh Adams - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
credentials
- ↑ www.pitwalk.de ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Entry from July 6, 2011, "A matter of the heart".
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adams, Leigh |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adams, Leigh Scott (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian speedway driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mildura , Victoria , Australia |