Lawrence Hare
{{Short description|English speedway rider (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Lawrence Hare
| image =
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|23 December 1969}}
| birth_place = Elmsett, Suffolk, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| career1 = Ipswich Witches
| years1 = 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000
| career2 = Edinburgh Monarchs
| years2 = 1993–1995
| career3 = Rye House Rockets
| years3 = 1993
| career4 =Oxford Cheetahs
| years4 = 1996–1999
| career5 =Exeter Falcons
| years5 = 2001, 2002
| indivyear1 = 1998
| indivhonour1 = British Championship finalist
| indivyear2 =
| indivhonour2 =
| teamyear1 = 1996
| teamhonour1 = Premier League Four-Team Championship
}}
Lawrence Charlton Hare (born 23 December 1969) is a former international speedway rider from England.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1283/lawrence-hare|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=24 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/ipswich-former-ipswich-witches-star-lol-hare-on-hope-to-2163958|title=Ipswich: Former Ipswich Witches star Lol Hare on hope to walk thanks to spinal surgery breakthrough|website=East Anglian Times|access-date=24 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=5 July 2023}}
Speedway career
Edinburgh Monarchs signed Hare from Ipswich Witches in 1994.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003741/19940226/050/0050 |title=Edinburgh last night signed speedway ace Lawrence Hare |website=Daily Record |date=26 February 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 September 2024}}
In 1996, he was part of the Oxford Cheetahs four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 4 August 1996, at the East of England Arena.{{cite news |title=Cheetahs race to four team title |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=5 August 1996 |access-date=5 July 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003600/19960805/026/0034 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
Hare reached the final of the British Speedway Championship in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=24 July 2021}} He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1991 to 2002, riding for various clubs.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=24 July 2021}}
During a match in 2002, he was riding for the Exeter Falcons when he crashed which resulted in paralysis from a back injury.
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Category:British speedway riders
Category:Edinburgh Monarchs riders
Category:Exeter Falcons riders
Category:Ipswich Witches riders
Category:Oxford Cheetahs riders
Category:Rye House Rockets riders
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