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Rohan Tungate - Wikipedia

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Rohan Tungate
Career history
Born	(1990-01-27) 27 January 1990 (age 34) Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Great Britain
2012–2015, 2022	Ipswich
2013	Poole
2016	Swindon
2016–2017	Somerset
2017–2018	Belle Vue
2019–2020	Peterborough
2024	Oxford
Poland
2014	Gniezno
2015–2020	Łódź
2020, 2022-2023	Zielona Góra
2021	Tarnów
2024	Rybnik
Sweden
2018–2021	Lejonen
2022	Masarna
2023	Indianerna
2024	Smederna
Denmark
2018	Esbjerg
2017	Region Varde
2019–2021	Slangerup

Speedway Grand Prix statistics
Starts	1
Individual honours
2018, 2024	Australian Champion
2015/16	South Australian champion
2016	New South Wales champion
2016	Slovakian Champion

Team honours
2013, 2016	Elite League
2015, 2016	Premier League Pairs
2016	Premier League Cup
2017	SGB Premiership Knock-out Cup

Rohan Tungate (born 27 January 1990) is an Australian speedway rider who has competed in the United Kingdom and Poland. He won the Australian Solo Championship in 2018.^[1]^[2]

Career

Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Tungate made his British speedway debut in 2012 with Ipswich Witches in the Premier League, spending four seasons with the club.^[3]

In 2013, he also rode in the Poole Pirates team that won the Elite League.^[3] In 2015, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Danny King for Ipswich Witches during the 2015 Premier League speedway season.^[4]

In 2016, he doubled up between Premier League team Somerset Rebels and that year's winners of the Elite League, Swindon Robins. With Rebels teammate Josh Grajczonek, he won the Premier League Pairs for the second consecutive year.^[5]^[6]

Tungate also raced in Poland for Start Gniezno in 2014, and Orzeł Łódź in 2015 and 2016.^[7]

Tungate was the South Australian Champion in 2015/16, the Slovakian Champion in 2016, and the New South Wales State Champion in 2016.^[3]He stayed with Somerset in 2017 after their move up to the SGB Premiership, but was dropped in May,^[8] later riding for Belle Vue Aces and going on to win the Premiership Knock-Out Cup with them.^[3]^[9]

In November 2017, he won the Jack Young Solo Cup at Gillman,^[10] and in December won the Crump Cup at Kurri Kurri.^[11] Tungate rode in one Speedway Grand Prix, the Australian round in October 2017, scoring 6 points.

In 2018, he rode for Belle Vue and also won the Australian Championship in 2018.^[12]

He joined Peterborough for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. In 2022, he rode for the Ipswich Witches in the SGB Premiership 2022.^[13] After missing the 2023 British season, he signed for the Oxford Spires for the 2024 season.^[14]

His 2024 season started well after he won the 2024 Australian Championship to claim his second national championship, following a tight battle with Max Fricke.^[15]

References

^ "Rohan Tungate". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2017 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 14 January 2018
^ "PAIR-FECTION FOR WITCHES". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
^ "Swindon Robins duo of Rohan Tungate and Josh Grajczonek claim Premier League Pairs crown", Gazette and Herald, 9 July 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2018
^ "Somerset Rebels speedway duo are Premier League Pairs Champions!". Burnham on Sea. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
^ Edwards, Matthew (2016) "Swindon Robins late-comer Rohan Tungate is ready to shine", Swindon Advertiser, 19 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2018
^ "SEDGMEN OUT, TUNGATE IN AT BELLE VUE". Speedway Star. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Tungate Joins Aces", speedwaygb.co, 22 June 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018
^ "Rohan Tungate and Shane Hudson/Cameron Bell the winners at Gillman opening meeting", Gillman Speedway, 6 November 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018
^ Hartshorn, Michael (2017) "Rohan Tungate, Sam Masters and Mason Campton trifecta in Cup final", The Herald, 27 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018
^ Payne, Ned (2018) "Agony for Poole racer Brady Kurtz as Rohan Tungate snatches Australian Senior Solo Championship title in final heat", Bournemouth Echo, 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018
^ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Magic news for Spires". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ "Tungate champion in Aussie drama". British Speedway. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

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