Australian speedway rider (1928–2022)
Raymond Maurice Cresp (25 August 1928 - 20 August 2022) was an international speedway rider from Australia.[1][2] He earned 4 international caps for the Australia national speedway team and 6 caps for the Great Britain national speedway team.[3]
Speedway career
Cresp was a professional boxer as a teenager before taking up road racing and moto cross. He was mentored by Jack Biggs before he moved to the UK in 1956.[2] He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1956 to 1966, riding for various clubs.[4] He gained four Australian caps and six British caps (when riders from Oceania were allowed to represent Britain.[5]
Cresp reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.[6]
He was a builder by trade and when he returned to Australia he enjoyed fly-fishing. He died in 2022.[7][2]
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
References