Malachi Mitchell-Thomas

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| name = Malachi Mitchell-Thomas

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1995|9|23|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|5|14|1995|9|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Coleraine, Northern Ireland

| nationality = English

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Malachi Mitchell-Thomas (23 September 1995 – 14 May 2016) was a motorcycle racer from Blackrod, Greater Manchester.

==Career==

Mitchell-Thomas started racing in supermoto at the age of 13.{{Cite web |title=Motorsport Memorial - |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ms&n=11846 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=www.motorsportmemorial.org}} He took part in the Simoncelli Foundation Supermoto Charity event, in Italy, at the age of 16.{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=Sam |date=2015-12-02 |title=Mitchell-Thomas, 20, to Race Isle of Man TT |url=https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2015/12/02/mitchell-thomas-20-to-race-isle-of-man-tt/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Ultimate Motorcycling |language=en-US}}

He started pure road racing back in 2014 at the Isle of Man, in the Southern 100.{{Cite web |last=Rial |first=Stevie |title=Malachi Mitchell Thomas Enjoys Brilliant Southern 100 Debut – Road Racing News |url=https://roadracingnews.co.uk/malachi-mitchell-thomas-enjoys-brilliant-southern-100-debut/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=en-US}} Mitchell-Thomas made his debut at the Snaefell Mountain Course in the same year, finishing in fourth position at the Manx Grand Prix.{{Cite web |last=Rial |first=Stevie |title=Malachi Mitchell Thomas Impresses Hugely On Manx Grand Prix Debut – Road Racing News |url=https://roadracingnews.co.uk/malachi-mitchell-thomas-impresses-hugely-on-manx-grand-prix-debut/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=en-US}} He then won the Senior Manx Grand Prix in 2015, aged just 19, setting a new race lap record in the process.{{Cite web |last=Rial |first=Stevie |title=Road Racing's Great Races – 2015 Senior Manx Grand Prix – Road Racing News |url=https://roadracingnews.co.uk/road-racings-great-races-2015-senior-manx-grand-prix/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=en-US}}

In 2016, Mitchell-Thomas was signed by Cookstown Burrows Engineering Racing to race in the upcoming motorcycling season, a deal that included a participation in the Isle of Man TT.{{Cite web |last=Rial |first=Stevie |title=Supersport TT Start Numbers Announced – Road Racing News |url=https://roadracingnews.co.uk/supersport-tt-start-numbers-announced/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=en-US}} Mitchell-Thomas won three races at the Mid Antrim 150, and finished on the podium at the Cookstown 100 and Tandragee 100.{{Cite web |last=Rial |first=Stevie |title=Mid Antrim 150 – Malachi Mitchell Thomas The Star Of The Show – Road Racing News |url=https://roadracingnews.co.uk/mid-antrim-150-malachi-mitchell-thomas-the-star-of-the-show/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rial |first=Stevie |title=Malachi Mitchell Thomas Continues Scintillating Form At The Tandragee 100 – Road Racing News |url=https://roadracingnews.co.uk/malachi-mitchell-thomas-continues-scintillating-form-at-the-tandragee-100/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rial |first=Stevie |title=Malachi Mitchell Thomas's Eye Catching Cookstown 100 Debut – Road Racing News |url=https://roadracingnews.co.uk/malachi-mitchell-thomass-eye-catching-cookstown-100-debut/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=en-US}} At the 2016 North West 200, he finished in fifth place in the Thursday Supertwin race, and in fourth place in the Saturday Supersport race, a few hours before his death.{{Cite web |title=Results And Timings {{!}} North West 200 |url=https://www.northwest200.org/results-and-timings/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Malachi Mitchell-Thomas remembered: Tribute to rising star sadly killed at the ill-fated North West 200 four years ago |url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/motorcycling/malachi-mitchell-thomas-remembered-tribute-to-rising-star-sadly-killed-at-the-ill-fated-north-west-200-four-years-ago-2853306?page=1}}