{{Short description|British motorcycle speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Cyril Maidment | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = 31 January 1929 | birth_place = London, England | death_date = 31 January 2004 (aged 75) | death_place = [[Tenerife]], Canary Islands
| career1 = [[Wimbledon Dons]] | years1 = 1951–1961, 1969–1971 | career2 = [[Wolverhampton Wolves]] | years2 = 1951 | career3 = [[St Austell Gulls]] | years3 = 1953 | career4 =[[Belle Vue Aces]] | years4 = 1962–1968
| indivyear1 = 1961, 1964 | indivhonour1 = [[Speedway World Championship]] finalist | teamyear1 = 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963 | teamhonour1 = [[National League (1932–1964)|National League Champion]] | teamyear2 = 1956, 1959, 1960 | teamhonour2 = [[National Trophy (speedway 1931-1964)|National Trophy winner]] | teamyear3 = 1969, 1970 | teamhonour3 = [[British League Knockout Cup|British League KO Cup Winner]] | teamyear4 = 1954 | teamhonour4 = RAC Cup | teamyear5 = 1959 | teamhonour5 = Britannia Shield | teamyear6 = 1969, 1970 | teamhonour6 = [[London Cup (speedway)|London Cup]] }} '''Cyril Edward Maidment''' (31 January 1929 – 31 January 2004) was an international [[motorcycle speedway]] rider from England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinal_m|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> He earned six international caps for the [[England national speedway team]] and 16 caps for the Great Britain team.<ref name=URI>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=22 December 2023}}</ref>
== Speedway career == Maidment reached the final of the [[Speedway World Championship]] on two occasions in the [[1961 Individual Speedway World Championship]] and the [[1964 Individual Speedway World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=World Speedway finals|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
He rode in the [[List of United Kingdom speedway league champions|top tier]] of British Speedway from 1951 to 1968, riding for various clubs, winning the [[National League (1932–1964)|National League]] on eight occasions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1824/cyril-maidment|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
After spending over ten years with [[Wimbledon Dons]] from 1951 to 1961 he rode for [[Belle Vue Aces]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002308/19620525/159/0013 |title=Ex-Don Cyril maidment led fight back |website=Norwood News |date=25 May 1962 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref> He went on to captain Belle Vue.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003432/19670915/325/0019 |title=Fundin in Aces team tonight |website=Lynn Advertiser |date=15 September 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref>
== World final appearances == === Individual World Championship === * [[1961 Individual Speedway World Championship|1961]] – {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Malmö]], [[Malmö Stadion]] - 12th - 4pts * [[1964 Individual Speedway World Championship|1964]] – {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]], [[Ullevi]] – 7th – 8pts
=== World Team Cup === * [[1962 Speedway World Team Cup|1962]] - {{Flagicon|CZE}} [[Slaný]], [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]] (with [[Barry Briggs]] / [[Ronnie Moore (speedway rider)|Ronnie Moore]] / [[Peter Craven]] / [[Ron How]]) - '''2nd''' - 24pts (0)
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