Daniel Robert King (born 14 August 1986) is a British

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Career

Born in

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, King began his career in 2001 with Peterborough Pumas. He has raced 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 r ...

Birmingham Brummies Birmingham Brummies are a British speedway team founded in 1928. They were inaugural members of the Southern League in 1929. The team have twice finished runner-up in the highest tier of British speedway, during the 1952 Speedway National Le ...

Lakeside Hammers The Lakeside Hammers were a speedway team who most recently raced in the SGB Championship in 2018. They were founded (as the Arena-Essex Hammers) by promoter Wally Mawdsley and stock car promoter Chick Woodroffe. The team were nicknamed the Ham ...

, and

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees were a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon near Coventry, England. History A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the inaugural season of the Souther ...

in the Elite League. His brother

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was also a

rider. In 2007 he finished fifth in the British Championship and qualified as a reserve for the

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. In September 2007, King was selected to represent

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for the 2007 Under 21-World Cup Final. King captained the Birmingham Brummies in 2011, when the club were accepted into the Elite League. In 2015, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Rohan Tungate, for

during the 2015 Premier League speedway season. On 13 June 2016, King became British Champion for the first time in his career after winning the 2016 British Speedway Championship.Damerell, Richard (2016)
Danny King wins British speedway final at Belle Vue
,

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, 14 June 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2017 During the

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he finished 8th in the division 1 averages riding for Coventry Bees and 2nd in the averages riding for

. The following season he joined the

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 ...

in division 1 and spent two seasons with them, while still impressing for Ipswich in division 2. In 2019, Ipswich moved up a division to the

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, which resulted in King riding for them in the top tier and joining

Sheffield Tigers The Sheffield 'Tru Plant' Tigers are a motorcycle speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Premiership, and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium. The Tigers traditionally hold their race ...

in division 2. During 2021 and 2022, King rode for the Ipswich Witches in the

SGB Premiership The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Premiership is the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB) in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It was in ...

and the Poole Pirates in the

SGB Championship The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Championship is the second division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It ...

. His move to Poole resulted in a collection of silverware as he captained the Pirates to league and cup double during the

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. The following season (with King as captain again) Poole successfully defended their League and British Division 2 KO Cup titles. In addition he won the Premiership pairs with Ipswich. In 2023, he signed for Ipswich for the

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, it was a 7th consecutive season with the club. He also signed for

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 ...

for the SGB Championship 2023 after being released by Poole.

Honours and international competitions

*British Under-18 Champion (2004) * British Champion (

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) – Belle Vue (13 points)

Speedway Grand Prix

1 SGP, 7 points (2016).

Others

* Individual U-21 World Championship ** 2005 –

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– 15th place (4 points) ** 2007 –

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– 9th place (3 points) * Team U-21 World Championship: ** 2007 – Abensberg – Silver medal (5 points) *

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- 2ndCoventry Bees star Danny King helps Great Britain secure silver at Speedway World Cup Final
, '' Coventry Observer'', 3 August 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:King, Danny 1986 births Living people British speedway riders English motorcycle racers Sportspeople from Maidstone Ipswich Witches riders Leicester Lions riders Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders Peterborough Panthers riders Poole Pirates riders Redcar Bears riders Rye House Rockets riders Sheffield Tigers riders British Speedway Championship winners