Rohan Tungate (born 27 January 1990) is an Australian

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rider who has competed in the United Kingdom and Poland. He won the

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in 2018.

Career

Born in

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, Tungate made his British speedway debut in 2012 with

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in the

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, spending four seasons with the club.2017 Rider Index
, speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 14 January 2018 In 2013 he also rode in the

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team that won the Elite League. In 2016 he doubled up between Premier League team

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and that year's winners of the Elite League,

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. Tungate also raced in Poland for Start Gniezno in 2014, and

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in 2015 and 2016. With Rebels teammate

Josh Grajczonek Joshua Lee "Josh" Grajczonek (born 5 February 1990) is an Australian speedway rider. Career Born in Townsville, Queensland, Grajczonek's big break in British Speedway came as an 18-year-old with the Glasgow Tigers. During 4 years with the tea ...

, he won the Premier League Pairs that year. He stayed with Somerset in 2017 after their move up to the

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, but was dropped in May, later riding for

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and going on to win the Premiership Knock-Out Cup with them. In 2018, he rode for Belle Vue before joining Peterborough for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. In 2022, he rode for the

in the

SGB Premiership 2022 The 2022 SGB Premiership was the 87th season of the top tier of British Speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Premiership. Sheffield Tigers topped the regular season table and met Belle Vue Aces in the play off final but Belle Vue ran out the winn ...

Individual competitions

Tungate was the South Australian Champion in 2015/16, the Slovakian Champion in 2016, and the New South Wales State Champion in 2016. In November 2017 he won the Jack Young Solo Cup at Gillman, and in December won the Crump Cup at Kurri Kurri. He won the Australian Solo Championship in 2018.Payne, Ned (2018)
Agony for Poole racer Brady Kurtz as Rohan Tungate snatches Australian Senior Solo Championship title in final heat
, ''Bournemouth Echo'', 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018 Tungate rode in one

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, the Australian round in October 2017, scoring 6 points.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tungate, Rohan 1990 births Living people Australian speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders Ipswich Witches riders Poole Pirates riders Somerset Rebels riders Swindon Robins riders