Mark Loram
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| Born |
10 January 1971 Mtarfa, Malta |
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| Nationality |
 England |
| Current club information | |
| Career status | Retired |
| Career history | |
| United Kingdom | |
| 1987-1988 | Hackney Kestrels |
| 1989, 2006-2009 | Ipswich Witches |
| 1990-1994 | King's Lynn Stars |
| 1995-1996 | Exeter Falcons |
| 1997 | Bradford Dukes |
| 1998 | Wolverhampton Wolves |
| 1999-2000 | Poole Pirates |
| 2001 | Peterborough Panthers |
| 2002-2003 | Eastbourne Eagles |
| 2004-2005 | Arena Essex Hammers |
| Poland | |
| 1992, 1999-2000 | |
| 1993-1997 | Apator Toruń |
| 1998, 2007 | KM Ostrów Wielkopolski |
| 2001-2003 | Polonia Bydgoszcz |
| 2004 | RKM Rybnik |
| 2005 | Stal Gorzów |
| 2006 | Unia Leszno |
| Sweden | |
| 1992-1997 | Bysarna |
| 1999-2000 | Smederna |
| 2001-2004 | Luxo Stars |
| 2005-2006 | Piraterna |
| Individual honours | |
| 2000 | World Champion |
| 1989 | National League Riders Champ |
| 1991 | South African Champion |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Champion |
| 1997, 1999, 2001 | British Champion |
| 1997 | Danish Grand Prix Winner |
| 1999 | Overseas Champion |
| 1999 | Swedish Grand Prix Winner |
| Team honours | |
| 1988 | National League |
| 1997 | Elite League |
| 2003 | Elite League KO Cup |
Mark Roysten Gregory Loram (born 10 January 1971) is a former British motorcycle speedway rider who won the World Speedway Championship in 2000 and won the British Championship in 1997, 1999, and 2001.
Born in Mtarfa, Malta, Mark Loram started his career with the Hackney Kestrels in 1987. In 1999 Loram became the first rider in Speedway Grand Prix history to win a GP whilst being entered as a wild card, a feat only repeated three times since (as at the end of the 2012 season). He won two Grand Prix in his career; 1997 Danish Grand Prix in Vojens and 1999 when he won the Swedish Grand Prix in Linköping.
Loram became the Speedway World Champion in 2000 despite not winning any of the Grand Prix meetings held that year, the only rider to ever do so. However he was the only rider to reach the semi-finals in all six meetings which along with runner-up placings in the opening two rounds in the Czech Republic and Sweden as well as a third in Britain in Round 4 gave him enough points to secure his first and only world title. Loram scored 102 points over the six rounds to defeat 1996 champion Billy Hamill (who won the Czech Republic and European GP's) on 95 and defending champion Tony Rickardsson (who won in Poland) on 94. Loram's win saw him become the 7th British rider to win speedway's ultimate individual prize.
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