# Robin Appleyard

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{{short description|British motorcycle racer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox motorcycle rider
| name             = Robin Appleyard
| image            = 
| caption          = 
| nationality      = {{flagicon|UK}} British
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1964|5|10|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Shipley, Yorkshire](/source/Shipley%2C_Yorkshire)
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| GP Active years  = [1983](/source/1983_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season)–[1992](/source/1992_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season), [1996](/source/1996_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season)
| GP Last season   = 
| GP Teams         = 
| GP Championships = 
| GP Race Starts   = 82
| GP Race Wins     = 0
| GP Podiums       = 0
| GP Total Points  = 56
| GP Poles         = 0
| GP Fastest laps  = 0
| GP First win     = 
| GP Last win      = 
| GP First race    = [1983 125cc British Grand Prix](/source/1983_British_motorcycle_Grand_Prix)
| GP Last race     = [1996 125cc British Grand Prix](/source/1996_British_motorcycle_Grand_Prix)
}}

'''Robin Appleyard''' (born 10 May 1964) is a British former professional motorcycle racer and race team manager. He competed in the 125cc class of [Grand Prix motorcycle racing](/source/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing) full time from 1985 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Robin+Appleyard |title=Robin Appleyard MotoGP career statistics |publisher=motogp.com |accessdate=27 November 2019 }}</ref> He competed in British Championship 1993~1998. Retiring in ‘98.

Appleyard was born in [Shipley, Yorkshire](/source/Shipley%2C_Yorkshire). He won the 125cc Marlboro Clubman's British Championship in 1982, the Shell Oils Championship in 1984, British Super-cup 125cc Championship twice (1993, 1996) and was 125cc National Cup champion in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2016/november/my-life-in-bike-robin-appleyard/ |title=My life in bikes: Robin Appleyard |publisher=motorcyclenews.com |accessdate=27 November 2019 }}</ref>

When his own racing career was over, Appleyard moved into team management, where he was the original Red Bull Rookie manager. He managed Team Appleyard/Macadam Yamaha, finishing the team in 2022<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bikes.colinappleyard.com/racing-teams |title=Team Appleyard Macadam Racing |publisher=colinappleyard.com |accessdate=27 November 2019 }}</ref> winning British SuperSport Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. winning 63 British Championship races with Keith Farmer, Jack Kennedy, Rory Skinner, Brad Perie, and Brad Jones.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081001222115/http://www.superbike-racing.co.uk/VitalStatistics/Statistics/1986.htm 1986 Motoprix 125cc UK Championship]
* [http://www.colinappleyard.com/motorcycles/racing/racing_news.htm Team Appleyard/Macadam]
* [http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Robin+Appleyard Robin Appleyard on MotoGP.com]{{dead link|date=September 2024}}

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Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Keighley
Category:English motorcycle racers
Category:125cc World Championship riders
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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