Rory Schlein

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Australian speedway rider (born 1984)

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Field	Value
name	Rory Schlein
image	Speedway 2007 Rory Schlein riding for Coventry.jpg
caption	Schlein riding for Coventry in 2007
nationality	Australian
birth_date
birth_place	Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
career1	Great Britain
years2	2001–2004
career2	Edinburgh
years3	2003–2004, 2011–2012
career3	Belle Vue
years4	2005–2010
career4	Coventry
years5	2008, 2017–2018
career5	Ipswich
years6	2010
career6	Peterborough
years7	2013–2016
career7	King's Lynn
years8	2017–2021, 2023
career8	Wolverhampton
years9	2019
career9	Somerset
years10	2021
career10	Poole
years11	2023–2024
career11	Berwick
career12	Sweden
years13	2006–2007, 2015
career13	Indianerna
years14	2008
career14	Smederna
years15	2009
career15	Dackarna
years16	2011–2012
career16	Hammarby
years17	2014
career17	Piraterna
career18	Poland
years19	2007, 2011, 2017
career19	Rybnik
years20	2008
career20	Wrocław
years21	2009–2010
career21	Grudziądz
years22	2012
career22	Ostrów
years23	2013, 2015–2016, 2019
career23	Łódź
years24	2014
career24	Daugavpils
indivyear1	2000
indivhonour1	Australian Under-16 Champion
indivyear2	2003, 2004
indivhonour2	Australian Under-21 Champion
indivyear3	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2023
indivhonour3	South Australian Champion
indivyear4	2004, 2008, 2011, 2018
indivhonour4	Scottish Open Champion
indivyear5	2005
indivhonour5	Jack Young Solo Cup winner
indivyear6	2011, 2013
indivhonour6	Elite League Riders Champion
indivyear7	2020
indivhonour7	British Champion
teamyear1	2007, 2011
teamhonour1	World Cup bronze/silver
teamyear2	2001
teamhonour2	Premier Trophy
teamyear3	2001
teamhonour3	Conference League
teamyear4	2004
teamhonour4	Premier League
teamyear5	2007
teamhonour5	Elite League
teamyear6	2007
teamhonour6	Elite League KO Cup
teamyear7	2007
teamhonour7	Craven Shield
teamyear8	2021
teamhonour8	SGB Championship
teamyear9	2021
teamhonour9	SGB Championship Knockout Cup
teamyear10	2019
teamhonour10	SGB Championship Fours
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Rory Robert Schlein (born 1 September 1984) is an Australian speedway rider.

Career

Born in Darwin, Northern Territory, Schlein, lived in the southern Adelaide suburb of Hallett Cove and won the Australian Under-16 Championship at the Northline Speedway in his home town of Darwin in 2000.

Schlein was signed by the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2001 and won the Conference League championship that year while on loan at Sheffield Tigers. He won the Premier League championship with the Monarchs in 2003 and won the Australian Under-21 Speedway Championship in 2003 and 2004 and finished 2nd to Chris Holder in 2005. He also won the South Australian Championship in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

He first extended season in the highest British league was for Belle Vue Aces during the 2004 Elite League speedway season. In 2005, he joined Coventry Bees and would go on to win the Elite League championship with the Bees in 2007. In between Schlein represented the Australia national speedway team at the 2006 and 2007 Speedway World Cup, where he won a bronze medal at the latter.

He was with Coventry from 2005 to 2010 with short stints at Ipswich and Peterborough in between. In 2010, he rode for Australia in the World Cup again and in 2011 won a silver medal in the 2011 World Cup although he only rode in the rounds and not the final. Also in 2011, he joined Belle Vue again and won the Elite League Riders' Championship, held at Abbey Stadium on 15 October.

From 2013 to 2016 he rode for the King's Lynn Stars and won the League Riders' championship for a second time in October 2013.

In May 2015, Schlein was seriously injured while riding for Orzeł Łódź in Poland, breaking two vertebrae and damaging his lung and kidney, ending his season and initially with concern that he could be paralysed. His recovery was documented in the film Addicted To Speed: The Rory Schlein Story. He returned to ride for King's Lynn Stars in 2016, but missed part of the early season with a shoulder injury, and after struggling to score well was dropped in August.

For 2017 he signed for Ipswich Witches in the SGB Championship.

He was part of the Somerset Rebels team that won the SGB Championship Fours, which was held on 23 June 2019, at the East of England Arena.

In 2020, he won the 2020 British Speedway Championship at the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester. In 2021, he helped Poole secure the SGB Championship 2021 league and cup double. He announced his retirement after the 2021 season.

In 2023, he returned to speedway signing for Wolves for the SGB Premiership 2023, he had previously ridden for them from 2017 to 2021. He also signed for Berwick Bandits for the SGB Championship 2023 and won the South Australian Championship for the fifth time.

Schlein's 2024 season ended early after he sustained a fractured neck vertebrae and broken scapular at Scunthorpe.

Family

He is the son of the 1974 Northern Territory solo champion Lyndon Schlein.

Major results

Speedway World Cup

Individual Under-21 World Championship

2004 - POL Wrocław, Olympic Stadium - 4th - 8pts (fell in the Final)

References

Oakes, Peter. (2004). "British Speedway Who's Who".
"Rory Schlein".
"ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022".
(30 October 2011). "Belle Vue Aces sign Australian Rory Schlein - BBC Sport". BBC Sport.
"2007 WORLD TEAM CUP".
"[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/speedway/rory-schlein-roars-on-874230 Rory Schlein roars on]", ''[[Manchester Evening News]]'', 26 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2017
"Elite League Riders' Championship".
"SCHLEIN WINS ELRC".
"[http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.23127 Results: Saturday October 19]", speedwaygb.co, 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013
(20 October 2013). "SPEEDWAY: Rory Schlein wins Elite League Riders' Championship at Swindon for second time".
Chard, Henry (2015) "[http://www.skysports.com/speedway/news/15749/9906385/rory-schlein-on-his-crash-and-his-road-to-recovery Rory Schlein on his crash and his road to recovery]", [[Sky Sports]], 8 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2017
"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/speedway/33284488 Rory Schlein: Speedway rider feared paralysis after Poland crash]", [[BBC]], 26 June 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2017
"[http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/king-s-lynn-speedway-star-s-crash-recovery-hits-the-big-screen-1-7344151 King's Lynn speedway star's crash recovery hits the big screen]", ''Lynn News'', 21 April 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017
"[http://www.wymondhamandattleboroughmercury.co.uk/sport/king_s_lynn_stars_axe_rory_schlein_and_re_sign_nicklas_porsing_1_4674174 King's Lynn Stars axe Rory Schlein and re-sign Nicklas Porsing]", ''Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury'', 26 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017
Bacon, Mike (2016) "[http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/speedway/signing_for_ipswich_was_a_no_brainer_admits_new_boy_schlein_1_4796740 Signing for Ipswich was a ‘no brainer’ admits new boy Schlein]", ''[[Ipswich Star]]'', 29 November 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017
(24 June 2019). "Speedway: Somerset win Championship Fours".
(25 November 2022). "Schlein and Coles complete Bandits".
(5 February 2023). "SCHLEIN'S PERFECT WEEKEND".
(30 November 2022). "Schlein heads back to Wolves".
. (15 June 2024). "Berwick in crisis".

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