Gary Havelock
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| Born |
4 November 1968 Eaglescliffe, England |
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| Nickname | Havvy |
| Nationality |
 England |
| Website | www |
| Current club information | |
| Career status | Retired |
| Career history | |
| 1985-1986 | Middlesbrough Tigers |
| 1986-1988, 1990-1997 | Bradford Dukes |
| 1992, 1996 | Gorzów Wielkopolski (POL) |
| 1994-1995 | Indianerna (SWE) |
| 1998 | Eastbourne Eagles |
| 1998 | (POL) |
| 1998-2002 | Poole Pirates |
| 1999-2000 | Filbyterna (SWE) |
| 2000 | Rzeszów (POL) |
| 2000-2003 | Masarna (SWE) |
| 2001-2003, 2005 | Piła (POL) |
| 2003-2004 | Peterborough Panthers |
| 2005 | Arena Essex Hammers |
| 2006-2012 | Redcar Bears |
| Individual honours | |
| 1992 | World Champion |
| 1986 | British Under 21 Champion |
| 1987 | European Under-21 Champion |
| 1991, 1992 | British Champion |
| 1992, 1995 | South African Champion |
| 1995 | Premier League Riders Champion |
| 1992 | Overseas Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 1997 | Elite League Champion |
| 2000 | Swedish Elitserien Champion |
| 1991, 1992, 1993 | British League KO Cup Winner |
| 1995 | Premier League KO Cup Winner |
| 2007 | Young Shield Winner |
| 1986 | National League Fours Winner |
Robert Gary Havelock (born 4 November 1968, in Eaglescliffe, County Durham, England) is a former speedway rider who was World Champion in 1992, and for several years captained the Redcar Bears in the Premier League. He is the son of former speedway rider Brian Havelock.
Havelock first competed in grasstrack racing, winning the British Junior Championship, before following his father into speedway. Havelock showed his potential early in his speedway career, winning the Suffolk Open Championship at Mildenhall as a 16-year-old in 1984, only two weeks after qualifying for a licence.
Havelock started his league career with local club Middlesbrough Tigers (the team managed by his father) in 1985, moving from reserve to the main body of the team by May, before moving to the Bradford Dukes in 1987, where he spent the next ten seasons. A season with the Eastbourne Eagles was followed by five seasons with the Poole Pirates until 2003. During this time Havelock also spent the 1986/87 and 1988/89 seasons in Australia based at the North Arm Speedway in Adelaide.
In 1987, Havelock won the European Under-21 Championship. This would be the final year that it would be called the European Championship as it became the World Under-21 Championship from 1988.
The highlight of his career was when he won the World Championship in 1992 at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland. Havelock, the first British World Champion since Michael Lee in 1980, finished three points clear of 1990 World Champion Per Jonsson of Sweden, and four in front of Dane Gert Handberg He has also represented Great Britain in the Speedway World Team Cup finals six times, finishing runner-up in 1990 and in the Speedway World Cup four times, finishing runner-up in 2004.
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