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Adam Ellis
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Ellis in 2021
Born (1996-03-21) 21 March 1996 (age 28)
Marmande, France
Nationality British
Career history
Great Britain
2012–2013 Isle of Wight Islanders
2013–2014, 2024 Ipswich Witches
2014–2015, 2018 Lakeside Hammers
2015, 2019 Birmingham Brummies
2016 Eastbourne Eagles
2016, 2020 Poole Pirates
2017–2020 Swindon Robins
2021 Scunthorpe Scorpions
2021–2023 Sheffield Tigers
Poland
2017-2018 Ostrów
2019 Gorzów
2020-2021 Rzeszów
2022 Daugavpils
2023 Opole
2024 Piła
Sweden
2020-2021 Piraterna
2022 Dackarna/Rospiggarna
Denmark
2019 Grindsted
2023 Fjelsted
2024 Region Varde
Individual honours
2021 British Champion
Team honours
2023 Speedway World Cup silver
2018 World Longtrack Team silver
2015 National League
2015 National League Fours
2016 National League Knockout Cup
2017, 2019, 2023 tier 1 league champion
2022 tier 1 League Cup

Adam Ellis (born 21 March 1996) is a British grasstrack and motorcycle speedway rider and former British champion.

Biography

Adam Ellis 2018 Swindon Robins
Adam Ellis riding for Swindon

Born in Marmande, France, Ellis began grasstrack racing in 2009, going on to finish second in the 250cc French Grasstrack Championship in 2010, and winning the championship in 2011. In 2012 he again finished runner up, and also competed in the French Speedway Championship. He was mentored by former rider Matt Read. He also began speedway racing in the United Kingdom, winning two rounds of the British Junior Championship. He was signed by the National League team Isle of Wight Islanders as their number eight, averaging 7.61 from eight matches, and also became a Lakeside Hammers asset, making his Elite League debut in October. After the end of the 2012 season he was confirmed in the Islanders team for 2013, as well as getting a place in the Ipswich Witches Premier League team and an Elite League contract with Lakeside Hammers.

In May 2013, he was selected to compete in the World Under-21 speedway semi-final in Lonigo. In 2017 he was made an asset by Swindon Robins along with Zach Wajtknecht.

He was part of the Birmingham Brummies team that won the National League Fours, held on 14 June 2015 at Brandon Stadium.

In 2019, he won the SGP Premiership with Robins for the second time.

Ellis became the British champion in 2021 after winning the 2021 British Speedway Championship. In 2022, he rode for the Sheffield Tigers in the SGB Premiership 2022 and for the Birmingham in the SGB Championship 2022. He helped Sheffield win the League cup and reach the Play off final.

In 2023, he re-signed for Sheffield for the SGB Premiership 2023, where he won the league title with the club. Also in 2023, he was part of the British team that won the silver medal in the 2023 Speedway World Cup final.

He signed for Ipswich for the 2024 season, ten years after last riding for the club.

World Longtrack Championship Team Championship

  • 2018 - France Morizes 5/46pts (with James Shanes, Zach Wajtknecht & Chris Harris) Second
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