Jason Crump
| Jason Crump | ||
 Jason Crump in Bydgoszcz, 2006 |
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| Personal information | ||
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| Nationality |  Australia |
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| Date of birth | 6 August 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | |
| Nickname | Crumpy | |
| Website | Official Website | |
| Current club information | ||
| Polish league | Stal Rzeszow | |
| Swedish league | Elit Vetlanda Speedway | |
| Danish league | Slangerup Speedway | |
| Career history | ||
| Great Britain Poole Pirates Peterborough Panthers Swindon Robins Oxford Cheetahs King's Lynn Stars Belle Vue Aces Poland Gorzów Wlkp. Wrocław Zielona Góra Piła Toruń Stal Rzeszow Sweden Getingarna Rospiggarna Vargarna Elit Vetlanda |
1991, 1994-1995, 2007 1992, 1996-1997, 1999 1993 1998 2000-2001 2002-2006, 2008-2009 1994, 1996, 2000-2001 1995,1999, 2006-2010 1997-1998 2002 2003-2005 2011-2012 1994 1995 1997-2005 2006-2012 |
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| Speedway Grand Prix statistics | ||
| 2009 Number | 4 | |
| Starts | 121 | |
| Podiums | 52 (22-16-14) | |
| Finalist | 70 time | |
| Winner | 22 times | |
| Individual honours | ||
| World Champion World Under-21 Champion Australian Champion Australian Under-16 Champion Queensland State Champion Elite League Riders Champion British Grand Prix Swedish Grand Prix Polish Grand Prix Czech Grand Prix Danish Grand Prix Scandinavian Grand Prix European Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix Latvian Grand Prix Golden Helmet of Pardubice (CZE) |
2004, 2006, 2009 1995 1995, 2007 1990 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004 1999, 2001, 2006, 2008 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2009 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006 2001 2002, 2003, 2004 2003, 2004, 2009 2005 2006, 2009, 2010 2006 2008 2002, 2006 |
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| Team honours | ||
| World Team Cup Speedway World Cup Elite League Champion Elite League KO Cup Winner Elite League Fours Champion Elite League Pairs Champion National League Champion National League KO Cup European Club Champion German Bundesliga Champion Swedish Elitserien Champion Polish Ekstraliga Champion |
1999 2001, 2002 1994, 1999 1999, 2000, 2005 1994, 1997 2006, 2007 1992 1992 2002 1995, 1997 1995, 2006, 2010 1995, 2006 |
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Jason Phillip Crump (born 6 August 1975 in Bristol, England)[1] is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion.[2]
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[edit] Family
His father, Phil Crump, is a native Australian and was riding for the Newport Wasps when Jason was born.[3] Phil came third in the world championship in 1976 when British star Peter Collins won the title. The Crump family had a home in Bristol while Phil was racing in the British League. His grandfather Neil Street was a former speedway rider and former manager of the Australia speedway team.[4]
He and his wife Melody have two children, Mia-Lili and Seth.
[edit] Career summary
Crump won his first major junior title in 1990 becoming Australian Under-16 champion, and he progressed through the ranks to become Individual U-21 World Champion in 1995. That same year, he made his Speedway Grand Prix debut as a wild card in the British Grand Prix – he won his first three rides, but fell in the B final to finish 8th overall.
His first Grand Prix victory came in 1996, again riding at the British Grand Prix, although this time as a full-time Grand Prix rider. He has won the World Team Cup in 1999 and the new Speedway World Cup on two further occasions with the Australian team in 2001 and 2002.
Crump's first world title came in 2004 when he beat Tony Rickardsson having won two of the nine Grand Prix that season. He dominated the 2006 season winning four out of nine Grand Prix to take the title for the second time, beating Greg Hancock into second place.[5]
Crump began his European league career at the Poole Pirates in 1991, where his grandfather, Neil Street, was team manager. Crump won the 'treble' riding for the Peterborough Panthers in Britain during the 1999 season, winning the Elite League, the Knockout Cup and the Craven Shield.[6]
He rode for the Belle Vue Aces for five seasons until the end of 2006 when, in 2007, Crump signed for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League.
At the end of the 2007 season, Poole announced that Crump would be leaving the club due to the large points limit reduction made by the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA) at their 2007 annual general meeting,[7]
Crump returned to Belle Vue for 2008 and signed a two-year deal to stay with the club.[8] However, in October 2008, Crump announced he will not be riding in the British Elite League in 2009 in order to reduce his fixture schedule, allowing him to concentrate on the Grand Prix series.[9]
He returned to Belle Vue in August 2009 to assist with their relegation fight and KO Cup campaign. On 14 September 2009, Crump fell during a last heat decider for Belle Vue against Ipswich, sustaining injuries to his left arm and shoulder. In spite of this he finally won his third world title in 2009.
[edit] World Final Appearances
- 1994 -
Vojens, Speedway Center - 11th - 6pts
[edit] Speedway Grand Prix results
| Year | Position | Points | Best Finish | Notes |
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| 1996 | 10th | 45 | Winner | Won British Grand Prix |
| 1997 | 18th | 8 | 10th | Only 1 ride – stand in for injured rider |
| 1998 | 8th | 62 | Winner | Won British Grand Prix |
| 1999 | 8th | 66 | 3rd | |
| 2000 | 4th | 88 | Winner | Won Swedish Grand Prix |
| 2001 | 2nd | 113 | Winner (twice) | Won Polish and Swedish Grand Prix |
| 2002 | 2nd | 162 | Winner | Won Czech Grand Prix |
| 2003 | 2nd | 144 | Winner (twice) | Won Danish and Czech Grand Prix |
| 2004 | 1st | 158 | Winner (twice) | Won Czech and Danish Grand Prix |
| 2005 | 2nd | 154 | Winner (twice) | Won Swedish and Scandinavian Grand Prix |
| 2006 | 1st | 188 | Winner (four times) | Won European, Swedish and British Grand Prix in succession and Italian Grand Prix |
| 2007 | 3rd | 124 | 3rd (three times) | Broken knee cap |
| 2008 | 2nd | 152 | Winner (twice) | Won British and Latvian Grand Prix |
| 2009 | 1st | 159 | Winner (three times) | Won European, Danish and British Grand Prix |
| 2010 | 3rd | 135 | Winner | Won European Grand Prix |
| 2011 | 4th | 110 | 2nd (twice) |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
- ^ Randall, Charles (31 May 2006). "A Life in Sport: Jason Crump". London: The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/sport/2006/05/31/solife31.xml. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
- ^ "Crump claims world title". BBC. 3 October 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/3710880.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
- ^ "It's over". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 3 December 2007. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/topsport/display.var.1875005.0.its_over.php. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^ "Crump signs new deal". Manchester Evening News. 2008. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/speedway/s/1049208_crump_signs_new_deal. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
- ^ "Crump quits Elite League". Sky Sports. 2008. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,14464_4374611,00.html. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
[edit] External links
| 2011 Speedway Grand Prix riders | |||||||||
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| 1 |  Gollob |
2 | Hampel |
3 | Crump |
4 | Holta |
5 |  Hancock |
| 6 |  Harris |
7 |  Bjerre |
8 | Holder |
9 |  Jonsson |
10 | Pedersen |
| 11 | Lindgren |
12 |  Sayfutdinov |
13 | Laguta |
14 | Lindbäck |
15 | Kołodziej |
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