Born | 10 October 2004 Waltham Abbey, England | (age 19)
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Nationality | British (English) |
Career history | |
2021 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers |
2022 | Oxford Chargers |
2023 | Birmingham Brummies |
2023 | Belle Vue Colts |
2024 | Poole Pirates |
2024 | Leicester Lions |
Individual honours | |
2024 | British U21 champion |
Team honours | |
2021 | NDL winner |
Sam Hagon (born 10 October 2004) is a motorcycle speedway rider from England. [1] [2] [3] He is the current British U21 champion.
Hagon started racing in the British leagues during the 2021 National Development League speedway season for Mildenhall Fen Tigers and won the league title with the Suffolk-based team. [1] [4]
The following season he switched to the Oxford Chargers and completed a solid season, averaging 6.35. In 2023, he joined the Belle Vue Colts from Oxford and his good form saw him selected by Birmingham Brummies during the SGB Championship 2023 campaign. [1] [5]
He signed for the Poole Pirates for the 2024 season [6] and replaced Joe Thompson as the rising star for the Leicester Lions in the Premiership. [7] Later that year he won the 2024 British Under 21 Championship. [8] [9]
Hagon is part of a large speedway family. His father Martin Hagon was a speedway rider, as was his grandfather Alf Hagon. [1] Meanwhile his uncle Martin Dugard is a former Speedway Grand Prix winner. [10]