Tate Zischke

{{Short description|Australian speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use British English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Tate Zischke | image = | caption = | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|7|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Australia

| indivyear1 = 2022 | indivhonour1 = Australian Solo Championship bronze medal | indivyear2 = 2022 | indivhonour2 = NSW Under-21 champion | teamyear1 = | teamhonour1 = }} '''Tate Zischke''' (born 30 July 2005) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He currently rides in the British Speedway Championship, for Workington Comets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/riders/tate-zischke |title=Tate Zischke | website=FIM |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/player/zischke-tate/ |title=Tate Zischke | website=British Speedway |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cumbriacrack.com/2023/12/31/speedway-photographer-dave-payne-meets-workington-comets-new-signing-tate-zischke/ |title=Speedway photographer Dave Payne meets Workington Comets new signing Tate Zischke |website=Cumbria Crack |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>

== Speedway career == Zischke a protégé of Darcy Ward,<ref name=SH>{{cite web |url=https://speedwayhub.com/workington-comets-sign-up-australian-youngster-tate-zischke/ |title=Workington Comets sign up Australian youngster Tate Zischke | website=Speedway Hub |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> came to prominence when he won the New South Wales Under-21 championship 2022 and the bronze medal in the Australian Solo Championship, also in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gillmanspeedway.com/news/2022/max-fricke-retains-the-australian-solo-championship |title=Max Fricke retains the Australian Solo Championship |website=Gillman Speedway |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>

In 2023, he rode in the U24 Ekstraliga in Poland for Unia Leszno<ref name=SH/> before signing for Workington Comets in the British leagues for the 2024 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theherdwick.com/2023/12/20/australian-tate-zischke-signs-with-workington-comets/ |title=Australian Tate Zischke Signs With Workington Comets | website=The Herdwick News |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref> After being signed by Belle Vue Aces for the Premiership,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/rowe-motor-oil-premiership/aces-move-for-zischke/ |title=Aces move for Zischke |website=British Speedway |access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref> he suffered serious injuries in a crash fracturing seven vertebrae and five ribs on 1 July.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/rowe-motor-oil-premiership/zischke-begins-road-to-recovery/ |title=Zischke begins road to recovery |website=British Speedway |access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/belle-vue-speedway-crash-update-29455542 |title=Belle Vue speedway crash update as rider taken to hospital as race abandoned |website=Manchester Evening News | date=2 July 2024 |access-date=1 December 2024 }}</ref>

After recovering from injury he signed on again for Workington for the SGB Championship 2025<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cumbriacrack.com/2024/11/20/fourth-signing-for-workington-comets/ |title=Fourth signing for Workington Comets |website=Cumbria Crack | date=20 November 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024 }}</ref> and was named in the Belle Vue team again for the SGB Premiership season.

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