(1970-06-03) June 3, 1970 (age 53) Whittier, California, United States
Nickname
Herbie
Nationality
American
Website
official website
Career history
Great Britain
1989–1996
Cradley
1997-2001
Coventry
2003–2005
Oxford
2006–2007
Reading
2013
Poole
Sweden
1992-1994
Getingarna
1995-2009
Rospiggarna
2010-2017
Piraterna
2018–2019
Dackarna
Poland
1992–1994
Leszno
1996–1997
Gniezno
1998–2004
Wrocław
2005
Gdańsk
2006–2009
Częstochowa
2010–2011
Zielona Góra
2012, 2014
Tarnów
2013
Bydgoszcz
2015
Rybnik
2016–2017
Toruń
Denmark
2008
Outrup
2011
Esbjerg
2012, 2014
Slangerup
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
SGP Number
45
Starts
218
Podiums
67 (21-30-16)
Finalist
92 times
Winner
21 times
Individual honours
1997, 2011, 2014, 2016
World Champion
1995, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
North American Champion
1995, 2004, 2011, 2014
British Grand Prix Champion
1997, 2011
Czech Grand Prix Champion
1997, 2008
Polish Grand Prix Champion
2000
Danish Grand Prix Champion
2002, 2015
Australian Grand Prix Champion
2003
Norwegian Grand Prix Champion
2006, 2009, 2013
Latvian Grand Prix Champion
2010
Croatian Grand Prix Champion
2011
Gorzow Grand Prix Champion
2011
Nordic Grand Prix Champion
2012
New Zealand Grand Prix Champion
2015
Slovenian Grand Prix Champion
1997
Elite League Riders Champion
1991, 1992
Scottish Open Champion
Team honours
1992
World Pairs Champion
1992, 1993, 1998
World Team Cup Winner
1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2013
Swedish Elitserien Champion
2013
Elite League Champion
1989
British League KO Cup Winner
1997, 2000, 2005
Craven Shield Winner
1995
Premier League Fours Winner
2000, 2009, 2010
Czech League Champion
1995
Danish League Champion
1998
Polish 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. Hancock appeared in all but one of the Grand Prix series, since its creation in 1995 until 2019.[3]
^Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 520. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
^Oakes, P.(2005). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-30-1
^"Greg Hancock". Speedway Grand Prix. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
competed in every Speedway Grand Prix event since its inception in 1995, GregHancock missed his first SGP round in 2014 when he was forced to sit out the...
the Grand Prix won by Swedish rider Andreas Jonsson, who beat American GregHancock, and Australians, Jason Crump and Leigh Adams in the final.[citation...
World Championship podium finishing second, while the American veteran GregHancock won the bronze medal. For the 2012 season there will be 15 permanent...
an IMG company. Tai Woffinden was the defending champion from 2015. GregHancock won the title, the fourth of his career. He won the series by nine points...
Leszno and finished on 8 October in Gorzów. Forty-one-year-old American GregHancock won his second Speedway World Championship, 14 years after his first...
Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. GregHancock from the United States became the World Champion with 118 points beating...
International, an IMG company. GregHancock was the defending champion from 2014. Tai Woffinden won the world title, with Hancock second and Nicki Pedersen...
the Speedway Grand Prix (world championsip) series. Jason Crump 5 times "Hancock wins British GP from Woffinden & Ward". MC News. Retrieved 29 May 2024...
an IMG company. Tai Woffinden was the defending champion from 2013. GregHancock won his third world title, after taking top-five placings in all but...
These eight qualifiers were, in championship order:- (1) Jason Crump (2) GregHancock (3) Nicki Pedersen (4) Andreas Jonsson (5) Leigh Adams (7) Matej Žagar...
Miller, 1996 world champion Billy Hamill, and four times world champion GregHancock all going on to be regarded as some of the world's best speedway riders...
temporary track at Stadium Australia in Sydney, was won by American rider GregHancock, from England's Scott Nicholls and Australian Jason Crump in 2002. The...
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and replaced by Hans Andersen) Jason Crump Leigh Adams Nicki Pedersen GregHancock Bjarne Pedersen Tomasz Gollob Andreas Jonsson They were joined by 7 riders...
Again the renaming was not popular with the fans but number 1 rider GregHancock was. However, in 2006 they reverted to their original name, which was...
final at home in Australia, but a crash in the first turn with American GregHancock resulted in a short stay in hospital after suffering neck and chest injuries...
on 152 and Hancock on 148. Tai Woffinden gave England its first champion since Mark Loram when he won the SGP in 2013, while GregHancock proved age is...
were, in rider number order: (1) Jason Crump (2) Tony Rickardsson (3) GregHancock (4) Leigh Adams (5) Nicki Pedersen (6) Tomasz Gollob (7) Andreas Jonsson...
of right: (1) Jason Crump (2) Tomasz Gollob (3) Emil Sayfutdinov (4) GregHancock (5) Andreas Jonsson (6) Nicki Pedersen (7) Rune Holta (8) Kenneth Bjerre...
Matthew John David Hancock (born 2 October 1978) is a British politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2015...
International, following the completion of the 2018 season. On May 2 GregHancock announced he would not be competing in the 2019 season to support his...
Nicholls, Emil Sayfutdinov and World Champions Ole Olsen, Hans Nielsen, GregHancock, Billy Hamill, Ronnie Moore and Jack Young. In 2007, the Bees won the...
equalled the 22 career Grand Prix wins of fellow Pole Tomasz Gollob. GregHancock 3 times "Round 7 Riga Latvia". FIM. Retrieved 23 January 2023. "POLISH...
Leigh Adams (3) Jason Crump (4) Tomasz Gollob (5) Hans Andersen (6) GregHancock (7) Rune Holta (8) Scott Nicholls The top eight riders from 2007 were...
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