Kyle Patrick Legault (born May 30, 1985 in St. Catharines,
Ontario
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) is a former
motorcycle speedway
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rider from Canada.
Career
Legault is a three-time Canadian individual speedway champion; winning in 2003, 2004 and 2006. He began his British speedway career in 2005, with
Premier League
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team the
Sheffield Tigers
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where he recorded a 5.80
average
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in his first season. Legault remained with Sheffield in 2006 and the team reached the Premier League play-off final and the final of the
Premier Trophy
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, but lost both finals to the
King's Lynn Stars
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.
Legault switched to the
Mildenhall Fen Tigers
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History
1971–1989
The original track was built in 1971 on farm land owned by Terry Waters, with chef Bernie Kla ...
for 2007 and recorded an improved average of 8.77 by the end of the season. He also reached the final round of the
2008 Speedway Grand Prix
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Event format
The fo ...
qualifiers at
Vojens
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Birmingham Brummies
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. However, in only Birmingham's second meeting of the season he was involved in a crash and suffered a broken fibula. It was thought that Legault would miss the remainder of the season, but he returned 12 weeks later to take part in a
2009 Speedway Grand Prix qualification
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round. He resumed racing for Birmingham in July, but broke his jaw and was ruled out for the rest of the season after he was involved in a crash at Sheffield on 21 August.
Legault moved up to the Elite League in 2009 after signing a one-year loan deal with 2008 champions the
Poole Pirates
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Poole Speedway is promoted by l ...
. However, at the beginning of the season, Legault suffered complications with the fibula he broke in 2008 and was required to undergo further surgery. Poole signed
Paul Hurry
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as a temporary replacement but Legault missed the entire 2009 season.
In 2009, he won the Argentine Championship. In 2010, Legault moved to
Newport Wasps
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following recovery from injury. He completed his final season with Newport in 2011.