Mathieu Trésarrieu
{{short description|French motorcycle speedway rider (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image =
| name = Mathieu Trésarrieu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bordeaux, France
| years1 = 2001–2002
| career1 = Isle of Wight Islanders
| years2 = 2005
| career2 = Reading Racers
| years3 = 2006–2007
| career3 = Redcar Bears
| years4 = 2010
| career4 = Peterborough Panthers
| years5 = 2011
| career5 = Leicester Lions
| years6 = 2011–2012
| career6 = Ipswich Witches
| years7 = 2014
| career7 = Rye House Rockets
| indivyear1 = 2017, 2022
| indivhonour1 = World Longtrack Champion
| indivyear2 = 2004, 2007, 2018
| indivhonour2 = French Speedway Champion
| indivyear3 = 2020
| indivhonour3 = European Grasstrack Champion
| indivyear4 = 2009, 2016
| indivhonour4 = French Grasstrack Champion
| teamyear1 = 2018, 2019
| teamhonour1 = World Longtrack Team champion
| teamyear2 = 2022
| teamhonour2 = World Longtrack Team bronze
| teamyear3 = 2011
| teamhonour3 = Premier League Fours
}}
Mathieu "Mat" Trésarrieu (born 2 March 1986) is a French motorcycle speedway rider who competes in Speedway, Longtrack and Grasstrack. He is a two times World Longtrack Champion and is a three-time speedway champion of France. He earned 2 caps for the France 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=3 September 2024}}
Biography
Trésarrieu was born in Bordeaux in 1986, and took up speedway at the age of twelve."[http://www.speedwaygb.co/riderindex11_t.html 2011 Rider Index]", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-26"[http://www.peterboroughpanthers.co/page.php?115 Mathieu Trésarrieu]", peterboroughpanthers.co, retrieved 2011-11-26 His two older brothers Stéphane and Sebastien are also speedway riders. He won the French national championship for the first time in 2002. Between 2002 and 2003 he rode for the Isle of Wight Islanders in seven matches, but only got a regular league place in 2005 when he rode in forty matches for Reading Racers at an average score of 5.6.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Rider_Index_2008.pdf |title=2008 Rider index |website=British Speedway |access-date=6 April 2023}}
In 2006, he was named as number 8 for Oxford Cheetahs{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/817805.speedway-cheetahs-make-new-signing/ |title=SPEEDWAY: Cheetahs make new signing |website=Oxford Mail |access-date=3 September 2024 }} but moved on to Redcar Bears, where he stayed for two seasons, averaging over seven in each. He won the French title for a second time in 2007, and (after missing the 2008 season through injury) for a third time in 2009. He also finished third in the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship in 2007. He returned to British speedway in 2010 in the Elite League with Peterborough Panthers, but failed to get a starting place at the start of the 2011 season. An injury to Ilya Bondarenko gave him an opportunity with Leicester Lions, and later in 2011 he signed for Ipswich Witches to replace the injured Chris Schramm, riding as part of the team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship at Leicester."[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/13437641.stm Hemsley hails Mathieu Tresarrieu impact at Leicester]", BBC, 18 May 2011, retrieved 2011-11-26"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/13926545.stm Speedway: Ipswich Witches make Mathieu Tresarrieu signing]", BBC, 27 June 2011, retrieved 2011-11-26
Mat re-joined Ipswich in 2012, electing to focus on speedway, rather than grass and long track racing.
In 2018, he was part of the French team, along with Dimitri Bergé, Stéphane Trésarrieu and David Bellego, that won the 2018 Team Long Track World Championship. The following season, in 2019, he was part of the French team again, along with Bergé and Bellego, that won the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.{{cite web|url=https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/world-longtrack-team-cup/|title=World Longtrack Championship|website=GrasstrackGB|access-date=17 July 2021}}
In 2022, he won his second individual World Longtrack title, finishing 28 points clear of Zach Wajtknecht in the 2022 Individual Long Track World Championship.{{cite magazine |author= |title=King Mat, champ Zach |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |page=20 |location= |publisher= |date=17 September 2022 |access-date=}} Additionally in 2022, he was part of the French team, along with Stéphane Trésarrieu and Mathias Trésarrieu, that won the bronze medal at the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.{{cite web|url=https://fim-longtrack.com/results-herxheim-nations/ |title=2022 RESULTS Herxheim – Long Track of Nations |publisher=FIM |access-date=15 July 2023}}
In 2023, he was part of the French team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.{{cite web |url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/swc |title=WELCOME TO SWC |website=FIM |access-date=26 July 2023}}
World Longtrack Championship
=Grand-Prix Series=
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! Year ! GP ! Points ! Pos ! GP Wins ! GP Podiums | |||||
| 2004 | NSR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 42 | 3rd | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | DNC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 5 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 6 | 91 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 6 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 5 | 84 | 3rd | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 101 | 1st | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 5 | 102 | 3rd | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 101 | 3rd | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 37 | 3rd | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 | 116 | 1st | 3 | 2 |
Best results
- {{Flagicon|FIN}} Forssa Third 2016
- {{Flagicon|GER}} Herxheim First 2019, Second 2014, 2017
- {{Flagicon|FRA}} La Reole First 2007, 2018
- {{Flagicon|FRA}} Marmande First 2007, Third 2011
- {{Flagicon|FRA}} Morizes Second 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
- {{Flagicon|GER}} Mühldorf Third 2017, 2018, 2019
- {{Flagicon|GER}} Vechta Second 2009, 2010
- {{Flagicon|FRA}} St. Macaire Third 2006
- {{Flagicon|NED}} Roden Second 2018
- {{Flagicon|NED}} Eenrum Second 2018
European Grasstrack Championship
Finals
- 2003 {{Flagicon|FRA}} La Reole (NSR)
- 2004 {{Flagicon|NED}} Eenrum (18th) 6pts
- 2006 {{Flagicon|FRA}} La Reole (NS)
- 2007 {{Flagicon|ENG}} Folkestone (NS)
- 2013 {{Flagicon|GER}} Bielefeld (10th) 12pts
- 2014 {{Flagicon|FRA}} St. Macaire (5th) 17pts
- 2016 {{Flagicon|ENG}} Folkestone (Second) 19pts
- 2017 {{Flagicon|GER}} Hertingen (16th) 3pts
- 2018 {{Flagicon|FRA}} Tayac (5th) 16pts
- 2019 {{Flagicon|GER}} Bad Hersfeld (10th) 12pts
- 2020 {{Flagicon|FRA}} Tayac (First) 19pts
References
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Category:French speedway riders
Category:Reading Racers riders
Category:Peterborough Panthers riders
Category:Leicester Lions riders
Category:Ipswich Witches riders
Category:Expatriate speedway riders in England
Category:Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders