{{Short description|New Zealand speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = David Bargh | image = | caption = | nationality = New Zealander | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|3|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Martinborough, New Zealand | britishleague = | career1 = Newcastle Diamonds | years1 = 1978-1981, 1984, 1990-1992 | career2 = Hull Vikings | years2 = 1980-1981 | career3 =Sheffield Tigers | years3 = 1982-1983 | career4 =Coventry Bees | years4 = 1985-1989 | career5 = Belle Vue Aces | years5 = 1991
| indivyear1 = 1986, 1987, 1991, 2000 | indivhonour1 = New Zealand Champion | indivyear2 = 1991 | indivhonour2 = Div 2 League Riders' Runner-up | teamyear1 = 1985 | teamhonour1 = British League Cup Winner | teamyear2 = | teamhonour2 = }} '''David Andrew Bargh''' (born 14 March 1962) is a former speedway rider from New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/289/david-bargh|title=David Bargh|website=wwosbackup|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref> He earned 8 caps for the New Zealand national speedway team.<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=27 August 2024}}</ref>
== Speedway career == Bargh is a four times champion of New Zealand, winning the New Zealand Championship in 1986, 1987, 1991 and 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mnz.co.nz/aboutmnz/awards-honours/roll-of-honour/|title=Roll Of Honour|website=Motorcycling New Zealand|access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref> He was runner up in the European Speedway Under 21 Championship in 1983.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carr fails Under-21 title bid |work=Manchester Evening News |date=25 July 1983 |access-date=9 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19830725/039/0039 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1978 until 1991, riding primarily for the Newcastle Diamonds.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000726/19910302/321/0027 |title=Diamonds in a dither |website=Newcastle Evening Chronicle |date=2 March 1991 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|page=257|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref> He was the subject to an unsuccessful attempt by Bradford Dukes to sign him in 1988.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19880323/020/0020 |title=Kiwi is latest Dukes target |website=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=23 March 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref>
==World Final appearances==
===World Pairs Championship=== * 1992 - {{Flagicon|ITA}} Lonigo, Santa Marina Stadium (with Mitch Shirra / Mark Thorpe) - 6th - 14pts
==Family== His nephew Andrew Bargh was a New Zealand champion in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/speedway-father-son-rev-up-for-big-night-at-the-track/4M33KWEDR5ZOAYFG5QOJOR3HHY/ |title=SPEEDWAY: Father, son rev up for big night at the track |website=New Zealand Herald |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
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