Ian Gledhill

{{Short description|British speedway rider}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Speedway rider

| name = Ian Gledhill

| image =

| nationality = British (English)

| birth_date = {{birth-date|12 August 1958}}

| birth_place = Diggle, Greater Manchester, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|10|10|1958|8|12|df=y}}

| death_place =

| career1 = Reading Racers

| years1 = 1976–1978, 1981

| career2 = Eastbourne Eagles

| years2 = 1976

| career3 = Stoke Potters

| years3 = 1977–1979

| career4 = Birmingham Brummies

| years4 = 1979

| career5 = Cradley Heathens

| years5 = 1979, 1982

| career6 = Wolverhampton Wolves

| years6 = 1979

| career7 = Wimbledon Dons

| years7 = 1979

| career8 = Hackney Hawks

| years8 = 1979

| career9 = Mildenhall Fen Tigers

| years9 = 1980–1981

| career10 = Oxford Cheetahs

| years10 = 1982

| indivyear1 = 1979

| indivhonour1 = National League Riders' Champion

| teamhonour1 = Spring Gold Cup Winner

| teamyear1 = 1977

}}

Ian Gledhill (1958–2015) was a speedway rider from England.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1056/ian-gledhill|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=12 September 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cradleyspeedway.co.uk/riders/Ian_Gledhill.htm|title=Ian Gledhill rider profile|website=Cradley Speedway|access-date=12 September 2021}}

Speedway career

Gledhill rode in the top two tiers of British Speedway from 1976 to 1982, riding for various clubs.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=12 September 2021}} He began his career with Reading Racers{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19781009/347/0016 |title=Gledhill called up for Derby clash |website=Reading Evening Post |date=9 October 1978 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 August 2024}} from 1976 to 1978.

In 1979, he won the National League Riders' Champion, held at Wimbledon Stadium on 29 September.{{cite news |title=Outlaw's Crash |work=Derby Daily Telegraph |date=1 October 1979 |access-date=20 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000521/19791001/021/0021 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html|title=Year by Year|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=12 September 2021}}

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