Daniel Gilkes (born 21 May 2002) is a motorcycle speedway rider from England.
[1][2] Gilkes was still a pupil at Campion School, Bugbrooke when he started racing.
[1] In 2022, he signed for Plymouth Gladiators[5] and his form was so impressive that he was added to the Peterborough Panthers squad in the SGB Premiership 2022 (the highest league in Britain).
[6] He started the 2022 campaign in very good form but his season ended early when he crashed and suffered serious injuries that included five broken ribs, a broken and displaced humorous bone and a collapsed lung.
[10] In 2024 he re-signed for Sheffield,[11] and won the Knockout Cup with the Tigers.