Greg Hancock
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| Born |
June 3, 1970 Whittier, California, USA |
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| Nickname | Herbie |
| Nationality | USA |
| Website | www |
| Current club information | |
| Polish league | Ks Get Well Torun |
| Swedish league | Piraterna |
| Czech league | PDK Grepl Mšeno |
| Career history | |
| 1989–1996 | Cradley Heathens |
| 1992–1994 | Getingarna (SWE) |
| 1992–1994 | Leszno (POL) |
| 1995–2009 | Rospiggarna (SWE) |
| 1996–1997 | Gniezno (POL) |
| 1997–2001 | Coventry Bees |
| 1998–2004 | Wroclaw (POL) |
| 2003–2005 | Oxford Cheetahs |
| 2005 | Gdańsk (POL) |
| 2006–2007 | Reading Bulldogs |
| 2006–2009 | (POL) |
| 2010– | Piraterna (SWE) |
| 2010–2011 | Zielona Góra (POL) |
| 2012,2014 | Tarnów (POL) |
| 2013 | Bydgoszcz (POL) |
| 2013 | Poole Pirates |
| Speedway Grand Prix statistics | |
| 2009 Number | 45 |
| Starts | 202 |
| Podiums | 66 (21–28–17) |
| Finalist | 90 (21-28-17-24) time |
| Winner | 21 times |
| Individual honours | |
| 1997, 2011, 2014, 2016 | World Champion |
| 1995, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 |
USA National Champion |
| 1995, 2004, 2011, 2014 | British Grand Prix Champion |
| 1997, 2011 | Czech Grand Prix Champion |
| 1997, 2008 | Polish Grand Prix Champion |
| 2000 | Danish Grand Prix Champion |
| 2002, 2015 | Australian Grand Prix Champion |
| 2003 | Norwegian Grand Prix Champion |
| 2006, 2009, 2013 | Latvian Grand Prix Champion |
| 2010 | Croatian Grand Prix Champion |
| 2011 | Gorzow Grand Prix Champion |
| 2011 | Nordic Grand Prix Champion |
| 2012 | New Zealand Grand Prix Champion |
| 2015 | Slovenian Grand Prix Champion |
| 1997 | Elite League Riders Champion |
| 1991, 1992 | Scottish Open Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 1992 | World Pairs Champion |
| 1992, 1993, 1998 | World Team Cup Winner |
| 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002 | Swedish Elitserien Champion |
| 1989 | British League KO Cup Winner |
| 1997, 2000, 2005 | Craven Shield Winner |
| 1995 | Premier League Fours Winner |
| 2000, 2009, 2010 | Czech League Champion |
| 1995 | Danish League Champion |
| 1998 | Polish Div Two Champion |
Gregory Alan "Greg" Hancock (born June 3, 1970) is an American motorcycle speedway rider.
He is a four-time Speedway World Champion and a multiple World Team champion with USA, with whom he is currently captain. Hancock has appeared in all but one of the Grand Prix series, since its creation in 1995.
He rode for the Swedish team Rospiggarna for 15 years, but since 2010 he has ridden for Piraterna from Motala, Sweden.
Born in Whittier, California, USA, Hancock first came to the United Kingdom at the end of the 1988 speedway season to ride exhibition races with fellow 18-year-old Californian Billy Hamill. It was during this time that Hancock agreed a deal to ride for Cradley Heath the following year – the same team that his mentor Bruce Penhall used to ride for. Hancock was an instant success for Cradley in the British League. He also won gold medals for the USA in the 1992 World Pairs and World Team Cup. However, due to injury and problems with the American Motorcyclist Association, Hancock was not able to contest in the Individual World Championship until 1993. That year he went through to the World Final in Germany where he finished last place. In 1994, Hancock again qualified for the last ever 'one off' World Final. He went into his last race needing a victory to become world champion but he finished third in the race and fourth overall on the night.
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