# Nigel Sadler
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{{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](/source/Blackwood%2C_South_Australia), Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| career1 = '''Great Britain'''
| career2 = [Isle of Wight/Skegness](/source/Isle_of_Wight_Warriors)
| years2 = 1997
| career3 = [Peterborough](/source/Peterborough_Panthers)
| years3 = 1998–2003
| career4 = [Rye House](/source/Rye_House_Rockets)
| years4 = 2003
| career5 = '''Poland'''
| career6 = [Częstochowa](/source/W%C5%82%C3%B3kniarz_Cz%C4%99stochowa)
| years6 = 1999
| career7 = '''Sweden'''
| career8 = [Örnarna](/source/%C3%96rnarna)
| years8 = 2003
| indivyear1 = 1999
| indivhonour1 = [Australian U21 champion](/source/Australian_Under-21_Individual_Speedway_Championship)
| indivyear2 = [1999](/source/1999_Speedway_Under-21_World_Championship)
| indivhonour2 = [World U21](/source/Speedway_Under-21_World_Championship) bronze medal
| teamyear1 = [1998](/source/1998_Premier_League_speedway_season)
| teamhonour1 = Premier league
| teamyear2 = 1998
| teamhonour2 = Premier League Fours
| teamyear3 = [1999](/source/1999_Elite_League_speedway_season)
| teamhonour3 = Elite league & cup double
}}
'''Nigel Sadler''' (born 17 September 1978) is an Australian former [motorcycle speedway](/source/motorcycle_speedway) rider.[{{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}}][{{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}}][{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/nigel-sadler/ |title=Nigel Sadler |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=29 April 2023}}]
== Career ==
Sadler made his British leagues debut during the [1997 Premier League speedway season](/source/1997_Premier_League_speedway_season), where he rode for [Skegness Braves](/source/Skegness_Braves). However, Skegness disbanded and were replaced mid season by [Isle of Wight Warriors](/source/Isle_of_Wight_Warriors).[{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2736/nigel-sadler |title=Nigel Sadler |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=29 April 2023}}] Sadler also won the silver medal at the 1997 [Australian Under-21 Individual Speedway Championship](/source/Australian_Under-21_Individual_Speedway_Championship).[{{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}}]
The following season he joined the [Peterborough Panthers](/source/Peterborough_Panthers) for the [1998 Premier League speedway season](/source/1998_Premier_League_speedway_season) and quickly established himself as a heat leader and helped the team win the league title.[{{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}}] He was also a part of the Peterborough four that won the [Premier League Four-Team Championship](/source/Premier_League_Four-Team_Championship), which was held on 30 August 1998, at the [East of England Arena](/source/East_of_England_Arena).[{{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](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)|url-access=subscription }}] He reached the final of the [1998 Speedway Under-21 World Championship](/source/1998_Speedway_Under-21_World_Championship) as reserve and scored 5 points to finish 12th.[{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/98.htm |title=1998 results|website=Speedway.org |access-date=29 April 2023}}]
In 1999, Peterborough moved up to the [1999 Elite League](/source/1999_Elite_League_speedway_season) and Sadler won a second successive league and cup double with the team.[ Also in 1999, he became the [Australian U21 champion](/source/Australian_Under-21_Individual_Speedway_Championship)][ and reached the [1999 Speedway Under-21 World Championship](/source/1999_Speedway_Under-21_World_Championship) final, winning a bronze medal.][{{cite web|url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/mims.php |title=Individual Junior World Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zulowego |access-date=29 April 2023}}]
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](/source/Rye_House_Rockets) in 2002 and 2003.[
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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
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