Greg Hancock

Greg Hancock
Born (1970-06-03) June 3, 1970 (age 54)
Whittier, California, United States
NicknameHerbie
Websiteofficial website
Career history
Great Britain
1989–1996Cradley
1997-2001Coventry
2003–2005Oxford
2006–2007Reading
2013Poole
Sweden
1992-1994Getingarna
1995-2009Rospiggarna
2010-2017Piraterna
2018–2019Dackarna
Poland
1992–1994Leszno
1996–1997Gniezno
1998–2004Wrocław
2005Gdańsk
2006–2009Częstochowa
2010–2011Zielona Góra
2012, 2014Tarnów
2013Bydgoszcz
2015Rybnik
2016–2017Toruń
Denmark
2008Outrup
2011Esbjerg
2012, 2014Slangerup
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
SGP Number45
Starts218
Podiums67 (21-30-16)
Finalist92 times
Winner21 times
Individual honours
1997, 2011, 2014, 2016World Champion
1995, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2009		North American Champion
1995, 2004, 2011, 2014British Grand Prix Champion
1997, 2011Czech Grand Prix Champion
1997, 2008Polish Grand Prix Champion
2000Danish Grand Prix Champion
2002, 2015Australian Grand Prix Champion
2003Norwegian Grand Prix Champion
2006, 2009, 2013Latvian Grand Prix Champion
2010Croatian Grand Prix Champion
2011Gorzow Grand Prix Champion
2011Nordic Grand Prix Champion
2012New Zealand Grand Prix Champion
2015Slovenian Grand Prix Champion
1997Elite League Riders Champion
1991, 1992Scottish Open Champion
Team honours
1992World Pairs Champion
1992, 1993, 1998World Team Cup Winner
1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2013Swedish Elitserien Champion
2013Elite League Champion
1989British League KO Cup Winner
1997, 2000, 2005Craven Shield Winner
1995Premier League Fours Winner
2000, 2009, 2010Czech League Champion
1995Danish League Champion
1998Polish Div Two Champion

Gregory Alan Hancock (born June 3, 1970, in Whittier, California) is a former professional motorcycle speedway rider from the United States.[1][2] As of 2023, he was one of only six riders to have won the individual World Championship four or more times.

In addition to his four Speedway World Championships he won the Speedway World Team Cup with the USA speedway team on three occasions and earned 39 caps for the United States national speedway team.[3] Hancock appeared in all but one of the Grand Prix series, since its creation in 1995 until 2019.[4]

  1. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 520. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  2. ^ Oakes, P.(2005). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-30-1
  3. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Greg Hancock". Speedway Grand Prix. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2009-10-18.