David Bellego

David Bellego (born 15 May 1993 in Marmande) is a French motorcycle speedway rider, who competes in Grasstrack, Longtrack and Speedway.^[1] He is four times champion of France.^[2][3]

David Bellego

Born	(1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 (age 32) Marmande, France
Nationality	French
Website	Official website
Career history
Great Britain
2011	Glasgow
2012–2014	Berwick
2015, 2023	Sheffield
2016	Redcar
2017–2019	Swindon
2019	Ipswich
Poland
2017	Krosno
2020, 2023	Bydgoszcz
2022	Leszno
2024	Tarnów
2025	Rzeszów
Sweden
2019-2021	Masarna
2022	Indianerna
2023	Västervik
2024	Dackarna
Denmark
2016–2017, 2021, 2024	Grindsted
2025	Fjelsted
Individual honours
2010, 2020, 2021, 2022	French Champion
Team honours
2018, 2019	Team Long Track World Champion
2012	Four-Team Championship winner
2017, 2023	SGB Premiership

Speedway career

International

He was part of the French team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Team Long Track World Championship.^[4] 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.^[5] The following year he helped France successfully defend the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.^[6] 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.^[7] In 2016, he rode for Redcar Bears^[8] 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.^[9]

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.^[10][11]

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)