{{Short description|Australian speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Nigel Sadler | image = | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|17 September 1978}} | birth_place = Blackwood, Australia | death_date = | death_place =
| career1 = '''Great Britain''' | career2 = Isle of Wight/Skegness | years2 = 1997 | career3 = Peterborough | years3 = 1998–2003 | career4 = Rye House | years4 = 2003 | career5 = '''Poland''' | career6 = Częstochowa | years6 = 1999 | career7 = '''Sweden''' | career8 = Örnarna | years8 = 2003
| indivyear1 = 1999 | indivhonour1 = Australian U21 champion | indivyear2 = 1999 | indivhonour2 = World U21 bronze medal | teamyear1 = 1998 | teamhonour1 = Premier league | teamyear2 = 1998 | teamhonour2 = Premier League Fours | teamyear3 = 1999 | teamhonour3 = Elite league & cup double }} '''Nigel Sadler''' (born 17 September 1978) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider.<ref>{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=British Speedway Who's Who, rider profile Nigel Sadler |year=2004 |page= |publisher=Peter Oakes, Peterborough |isbn=0-948882-81-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fullnoise.com.au/fullnoise-news/nigel-sadler-unbeaten-in-gillman-solo-championship/ |title=Nigel Sadler Unbeaten In Gillman Solo Championship |website=Full Noise |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/nigel-sadler/ |title=Nigel Sadler |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
== Career == Sadler made his British leagues debut during the 1997 Premier League speedway season, where he rode for Skegness Braves. However, Skegness disbanded and were replaced mid season by Isle of Wight Warriors.<ref name=WWOS>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2736/nigel-sadler |title=Nigel Sadler |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref> Sadler also won the silver medal at the 1997 Australian Under-21 Individual Speedway Championship.<ref name=AJC>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/mindmaustralii.php |title=Australian Junior Solo Speedway Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
The following season he joined the Peterborough Panthers for the 1998 Premier League speedway season and quickly established himself as a heat leader and helped the team win the league title.<ref name=URI>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate Rider Index |website=British Speedway |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref> He was also a part of the Peterborough four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 30 August 1998, at the East of England Arena.<ref>{{cite news |title=Last heat fury |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=31 August 1998 |access-date=24 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003600/19980831/020/0020 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He reached the final of the 1998 Speedway Under-21 World Championship as reserve and scored 5 points to finish 12th.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/98.htm |title=1998 results|website=Speedway.org |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
In 1999, Peterborough moved up to the 1999 Elite League and Sadler won a second successive league and cup double with the team.<ref name=URI/> Also in 1999, he became the Australian U21 champion<ref name=AJC/> and reached the 1999 Speedway Under-21 World Championship final, winning a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/mims.php |title=Individual Junior World Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zulowego |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
Sadler spent the next four seasons (from 2000 to 2003) at Peterborough but the team failed to reach the heights of the previous two seasons. He also doubled up for Rye House Rockets in 2002 and 2003.<ref name=URI/>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadler, Nigel}} Category:Living people Category:1978 births Category:Australian speedway riders Category:Isle of Wight Islanders riders Category:Peterborough Panthers riders Category:Rye House Rockets riders Category:Örnarna riders Category:Australian expatriate speedway riders in England