# Adam Shields

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{{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](/source/Kurri_Kurri%2C_New_South_Wales), Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =

| career1 = '''Great Britain'''
| career2 = [Isle of Wight Islanders](/source/Isle_of_Wight_Islanders)
| years2 = 2000–2003
| career3 = [King's Lynn Stars](/source/King's_Lynn_Stars)
| years3 = 2000, 2002
| career4 = [Coventry Bees](/source/Coventry_Bees)
| years4 = 2001–2002
| career5 =[Poole Pirates](/source/Poole_Pirates) 
| years5 = 2001–2002
| career6 =[Eastbourne Eagles](/source/Eastbourne_Eagles)
| years6 = 2001–2006, 2013
| career7 = [Lakeside Hammers](/source/Lakeside_Hammers)
| years7 = 2007–2011
| career8 = [Belle Vue Aces](/source/Belle_Vue_Aces)
| years8 = 2012
| career9 = '''Sweden'''
| career10 = Gasarna
| years10 = 2003

| indivyear1 = 2002
| indivhonour1 = [Premier League Riders' champion](/source/Premier_League_Riders_Championship)
| teamyear1 = 2002
| teamhonour1 = [Pairs Championship](/source/List_of_United_Kingdom_Speedway_Pairs_champions) winner
}}

'''Adam Matthew Shields''' (born 8 February 1977 in [Kurri Kurri, New South Wales](/source/Kurri_Kurri%2C_New_South_Wales),<ref name=URI/> is an Australian former international [motorcycle speedway](/source/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](/source/Premier_League_(speedway)) team the [Isle of Wight Islanders](/source/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](/source/Elite_League_(speedway)) for [Eastbourne Eagles](/source/Eastbourne_Eagles) and then the [Lakeside Hammers](/source/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](/source/Speedway_World_Cup) for [Australia](/source/Australia_national_speedway_team) and he won the [Australian Under-21 Speedway Championship](/source/Australian_Under-21_Speedway_Championship) in 1997. 

In 2002, he won the [Premier League Riders Championship](/source/Premier_League_Riders_Championship), during the [2002 Premier League speedway season](/source/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](/source/Premier_League_Pairs_Championship) partnering [Danny Bird](/source/Danny_Bird_(speedway_rider)) 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](/source/Sky_Sports)|title=Shields quits|date=5 May 2012|accessdate=5 May 2012}}</ref> but returned in 2013 with Eastbourne for one final season.

==References==
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Category:1977 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian speedway riders
Category:People from Kurri Kurri
Category:Eastbourne Eagles riders
Category:Australian expatriate speedway riders in England
Category:Isle of Wight Islanders riders
Category:Lakeside Hammers riders
Category:King's Lynn Stars riders
Category:Coventry Bees riders
Category:Poole Pirates riders

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