- Source: David Bellego
David Bellego (born 15 May 1993 in Marmande) is a French motorcycle speedway rider, who competes in Grasstrack, Longtrack and Speedway. He is four times champion of France.
Speedway career
= International
=In 2012, he was part of the French team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Team Long Track World Championship. Six years later he became a world champion after scoring 12 points as part of the winning team for 2018 Team Long Track World Championship. The following year he helped France successfully defend the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship. He also participated in the Individual Speedway European Championship four times in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
In 2022, he won his fourth French Individual Speedway Championship.
= Club
=In 2012, he was part of the Berwick Bandits side that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship. In 2016, he rode for Redcar Bears and in 2017, Bellego competed full-time in the top division of British Speedway for the first time with Swindon Robins when they won the League Championship and was retained for the 2018 season.
In 2020, he won the Swedish league with Masarna during the 2020 Swedish speedway season. In 2023, he signed for Sheffield Tigers for the SGB Premiership 2023, having previously ridden for them in 2015. He helped them win the league title.
Major results
= World Team Championships
=2018 Speedway of Nations - =10th
2019 Speedway of Nations - =8th
2021 Speedway of Nations - 5th
2022 Speedway of Nations - 8th
= World Individual Longtrack Championship
=2011 18th, 23pts
= World Longtrack Team Championship
=2012 St. Macaire (Third) 3/42pts (Rode with Mathieu Trésarrieu, Gabrial Dubernard, Stéphane Trésarrieu)
2018 Morizes (Champion) 12/54pts (rode with Mathieu Trésarrieu, Dimitri Bergé, Stéphane Trésarrieu)
2019 Vechta (Champion) 15/64pts (rode with Mathieu Trésarrieu, Dimitri Bergé)