Mathieu Trésarrieu

Mathieu "Mat" Trésarrieu (born 2 March 1986) is a French motorcycle speedway rider who competes in Speedway, Longtrack and Grasstrack. He is a two times World Longtrack Champion and is a three-time speedway champion of France.[1]

Mathieu Trésarrieu
Born (1986-03-02) 2 March 1986
Bordeaux, France
NationalityFrench
Career history
2001–2002Isle of Wight Islanders
2005Reading Racers
2006–2007Redcar Bears
2010Peterborough Panthers
2011Leicester Lions
2011–2012Ipswich Witches
2014Rye House Rockets
Individual honours
2017, 2022World Longtrack Champion
2004, 2007, 2018French Speedway Champion
2020European Grasstrack Champion
2009, 2016French Grasstrack Champion
Team honours
2018, 2019World Longtrack Team champion
2022World Longtrack Team bronze
2011Premier League Fours

Biography

Trésarrieu was born in Bordeaux in 1986, and took up speedway at the age of twelve.[2][3] His two older brothers Stéphane and Sebastien are also speedway riders.[2] He won the French national championship for the first time in 2002.[2] Between 2002 and 2003 he rode for the Isle of Wight Islanders in seven matches, but only got a regular league place in 2005 when he rode in forty matches for Reading Racers at an average score of 5.6.[4]

In 2006, he moved on to Redcar Bears, where he stayed for two seasons, averaging over seven in each. He won the French title for a second time in 2007, and (after missing the 2008 season through injury) for a third time in 2009.[2] He also finished third in the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship in 2007.[2] He returned to British speedway in 2010 in the Elite League with Peterborough Panthers, but failed to get a starting place at the start of the 2011 season. An injury to Ilya Bondarenko gave him an opportunity with Leicester Lions, and later in 2011 he signed for Ipswich Witches to replace the injured Chris Schramm, riding as part of the team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship at Leicester.[2][5][6]

Mat re-joined Ipswich in 2012, electing to focus on speedway, rather than grass and long track racing.

In 2018, he was part of the French team, along with Dimitri Bergé, Stéphane Trésarrieu and David Bellego, that won the 2018 Team Long Track World Championship. The following season, in 2019, he was part of the French team again, along with Bergé and Bellego, that won the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.[7]

In 2022, he won his second individual World Longtrack title, finishing 28 points clear of Zach Wajtknecht in the 2022 Individual Long Track World Championship.[8] Additionally in 2022, he was part of the French team, along with Stéphane Trésarrieu and Mathias Trésarrieu, that won the bronze medal at the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.[9]

In 2023, he was part of the French team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.[10]

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix Series
Year GP Points Pos GP Wins GP Podiums
2004NSR0000
20051161900
2006346501
20073423rd10
2008DNC0000
2009572802
2010691601
2011690501
20121142600
2013681801
2014464502
2015350601
20165843rd02
201751011st12
201851023rd13
201951013rd12
20202373rd01
202261161st32

Best results

European Grasstrack Championship

Finals

References
  1. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-26
  3. "Mathieu Trésarrieu", peterboroughpanthers.co, retrieved 2011-11-26
  4. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. "Hemsley hails Mathieu Tresarrieu impact at Leicester", BBC, 18 May 2011, retrieved 2011-11-26
  6. "Speedway: Ipswich Witches make Mathieu Tresarrieu signing", BBC, 27 June 2011, retrieved 2011-11-26
  7. "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. "King Mat, champ Zach". Speedway Star page 20. 17 September 2022.
  9. "2022 RESULTS Herxheim – Long Track of Nations". FIM. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  10. "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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