Tai Woffinden
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| Born |
10 August 1990 Scunthorpe, England |
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| Nationality |
 United Kingdom
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| Website | www |
| Current club information | |
| Polish league | WTS Wrocław |
| Swedish league | Masarna |
| Career history | |
| 2006-2007 | Scunthorpe Scorpions |
| 2007-2008 | Rye House Rockets |
| 2007 | Poole Pirates |
| 2008-2010 | |
| 2009-2014, 2016 | Wolverhampton Wolves |
| 2011-2012 | Start Gniezno |
| 2013– | Sparta Wrocław |
| 2014– | Elit Vetlanda |
| Speedway Grand Prix statistics | |
| 2009 Number | 108 |
| Starts | 54 (plus 1 as Reserve) |
| Podiums | 20 (6-10-4) |
| Finalist | 24 time |
| Winner | 6 times |
| Individual honours | |
| 2006 | Western Australia Under 16 Champion |
| 2007 | Conference League Riders Champion |
| 2007 | British Under 18 Champion |
| 2008 | British Under 21 Champion |
| 2008 | Premier League Riders Champion |
| 2013, 2014, 2015 | British Champion |
| 2013, 2014, 2015 | Czech Republic Grand Prix |
| 2013 | Swedish Grand Prix |
| 2015 | Scandinavian Grand Prix |
| 2016 | Warsaw Grand Prix |
| 2013, 2015 | World Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 2006 | Conference Shield Winner |
| 2006, 2007 | Conference KO Cup Winner |
| 2006, 2007 | Conference Trophy Winner |
| 2006, 2007 | Conference League Champion |
| 2007 | Premier League Champion |
| 2009, 2016 | Elite League Champion |
| 2014, 2015 | Elitserien League Champion |
Tai Woffinden (born 10 August 1990, in Scunthorpe, England) is a speedway rider. In 2013 he became World Speedway Champion and currently rides for the WTS Wrocław in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga and Masarna Avesta in the Swedish Elitserien. Until the end of 2014 he also rode for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the British Elite League, but announced in late 2014 that he would not be riding in Britain during 2015 in his quest to regain his World Championship.
Woffinden is the current captain of the Great Britain team that finished fourth in the 2014 Speedway World Cup Final in Bydgoszcz, Poland,in 2016 the final was held at the national speedway stadium at Belle vue,Manchester where team GB were runners up to Poland.
Tai Woffinden is the current world number two after finishing 2nd in the 2016 Speedway World Championship.
He is the son of former speedway rider Rob Woffinden. Although born in England and competing as a British rider, Tai grew up in Perth, Western Australia after his parents Rob and Sue decided to move down under in 1994 and he still considers Perth to be his home.
Woffinden began his career in junior speedway in Perth where he won the 2006 Western Australian Under-16 title, though he unfortunately missed riding in the Australian Under-16 Championship in Adelaide.
Woffinden started his British career with the Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Conference League in 2006. When he turned sixteen years of age he made his Premier League debut for the Sheffield Tigers as a guest rider. He is an asset of Wolverhampton Wolves after he signed a full contract with the Elite League side in 2006.
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