Lee Richardson (speedway rider)

Lee Stewart Richardson (25 April 1979 – 13 May 2012)[1] was a British international motorcycle speedway rider.

[4] Richardson represented Great Britain at senior and under-21 level and featured in several World Cup tournaments.

[7] He won the Elite League Riders' Championship, held at Brandon Stadium on 18 October 2003.

On 13 May 2012, Richardson died of internal bleeding in a Wrocław hospital following a collision with a safety fence during a Polish League match.

His uncle Steve Weatherley, another rider, was paralysed in a crash with Vic Harding whilst racing in a meeting at the Hackney Wick Stadium (Harding later died in hospital).