Mark Thorpe
{{Short description|New Zealand speedway rider}}
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| nationality = New Zealander
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|3|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
| career1 = Newcastle Diamonds
| years1 = 1989-1994
| career2 = Bradford Dukes
| years2 = 1994
| career3 = Swindon Robins
| years3 = 1995, 1996
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| indivyear1 = 1993, 1994, 1996
| indivhonour1 = New Zealand Champion
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Mark Andrew Thorpe (born 26 March 1969) is a former speedway rider from New Zealand.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2880/mark-thorpe|title=Mark Thorpe profile|website=wwosbackup|access-date=30 June 2021}} He earned 2 caps for the New Zealand national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=27 August 2024}}
Speedway career
Thorpe is a three times champion of New Zealand, winning the New Zealand Championship in 1993, 1994 and 1996.{{cite web |url=https://mnz.co.nz/aboutmnz/awards-honours/roll-of-honour/|title=Roll Of Honour|website=Motorcycling New Zealand|access-date=30 June 2021}}
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1989 until 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/MarkThorpe.shtml|title=Riders to Remember: Mark Thorpe|website=Speedway Plus|access-date=29 June 2021}} After winning the under-21 New Zealand national title he joined the Newcastle Diamonds in 1989,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19890307/241/0016 |title=Hunter back with Diamonds |website=Newcastle Journal |date=7 March 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}} where he stayed for six years.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19940212/286/0016 |title=Max back with Diamonds |website=Newcastle Evening Chronicle |date=12 February 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}}
World Final appearances
=World Pairs Championship=
- 1992 - {{Flagicon|ITA}} Lonigo, Santa Marina Stadium (with Mitch Shirra / David Bargh) - 6th - 14pts
References
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Category:New Zealand speedway riders
Category:Newcastle Diamonds riders
Category:New Zealand expatriate speedway riders in England
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