Michael Lee (speedway rider)
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| Born |
11 December 1958 Cambridge, England |
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| Nationality |
 England
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| Current club information | |
| Career status | Retired |
| Career history | |
| 1975 | Boston Barracudas |
| 1975-1982, 1985-1986, 1991 | King's Lynn Stars |
| 1983-1984 | Poole Pirates |
| Individual honours | |
| 1976 | British Junior Champion |
| 1977, 1978 | British Champion |
| 1977 | Westernapolis winner |
| 1979 | Commonwealth Champion |
| 1979 | Intercontinental Champion |
| 1980 | World Champion |
| 1981 | Long Track World Champion |
| 1981,1983 | Pride of the East |
| 1979 | Internationale |
| 1980 | Silver Plume |
| Team honours | |
| 1977, 1980 | World Team Cup Winner |
| 1977 | British League KO Cup Winner |
Michael Andrew Lee (born 11 December 1958 in Cambridge, England) is a former international speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1980. A controversial character, he was banned for allegedly endangering other riders in the early eighties.
Michael Lee is the son of former well known British Andy Lee.
Lee began his professional speedway career in 1975 with Boston in the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom, the National League. In his first season, he recorded an impressive average points score of 9.13, he also rode part-time for top division team King's Lynn.
In 1976, Lee moved full-time to British League team King's Lynn and finished the season with an average of 9.22, he was also the British Junior Champion that year.
At the end of the 1977 season, Lee had become the top scorer in the British League with an average of 10.64. He also won the first of his two British Speedway Championship titles. Lee won the World Team Cup with England and he had also made his first appearance in a World Championship Final.
In 1979, Lee finished 3rd in the World Finals, beating Kelly Moran, Billy Sanders and Ole Olsen in a run-off race to claim the bronze medal. The next year, Lee won the World Championship in Gothenburg for the only time, finishing ahead of King's Lynn team mate Dave Jessup. He was also triumphant again with England in the World Team Cup. In 1981 he became the first British rider to win the World Long Track Championship, taking the title in Gornja Radgona ahead of Christoph Betzl and Anders Michanek.
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