{{Short description|Australian speedway rider}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Adam Shields | image = | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|8 February 1977}} | birth_place = Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place =
| career1 = '''Great Britain''' | career2 = Isle of Wight Islanders | years2 = 2000–2003 | career3 = King's Lynn Stars | years3 = 2000, 2002 | career4 = Coventry Bees | years4 = 2001–2002 | career5 =Poole Pirates | years5 = 2001–2002 | career6 =Eastbourne Eagles | years6 = 2001–2006, 2013 | career7 = Lakeside Hammers | years7 = 2007–2011 | career8 = Belle Vue Aces | years8 = 2012 | career9 = '''Sweden''' | career10 = Gasarna | years10 = 2003
| indivyear1 = 2002 | indivhonour1 = Premier League Riders' champion | teamyear1 = 2002 | teamhonour1 = Pairs Championship winner }}
'''Adam Matthew Shields''' (born 8 February 1977 in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales,<ref name=URI/> is an Australian former international motorcycle speedway rider, who has ridden for multiple teams in the British speedway.<ref name=URI>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Rider_Index_2008.pdf |title=2008 Rider index |website=British Speedway |access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
== Speedway career == He first rode in the United Kingdom for Premier League team the Isle of Wight Islanders in 2000,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005126/20000727/373/0031 |title=A struggle, but it's all Wight on the night |website=Berwick Advertiser |date=27 July 2000 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> before stepping up to the Elite League for Eastbourne Eagles and then the Lakeside Hammers in 2007. He missed the end of the 2008 season due a number of injuries sustained during a race.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/speedway/7577270.stm Hammers rocked by Shields injury]</ref><ref name=wwosbackup>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2473/adam-shields|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref>
Adam has appeared in the Speedway World Cup for Australia and he won the Australian Under-21 Speedway Championship in 1997.
In 2002, he won the Premier League Riders Championship, during the 2002 Premier League speedway season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables2002.php|title=2002 speedway season|website=British Speedway|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref><ref name=wwosbackup/> He also won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Danny Bird for the Isle of Wight.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFdJsALsXkg |title=2002 Premier League Pairs at Workington |website=YouTube |access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref>
On 5 May 2012, Shields announced his retirement from the sport, citing personal reasons,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.skysports.com/news/12040/7732985/|publisher=Sky Sports|title=Shields quits|date=5 May 2012|accessdate=5 May 2012}}</ref> but returned in 2013 with Eastbourne for one final season.
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