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The following is an A-Z list of riders who are contracted to appear in 2016, at Elite League, Premier League and National League level.

NOTE: (1) All entries for the current season are as per the declared team line-ups, but do not necessarily relate to actual appearances for the named clubs, particularly in the case of No. 8s and/or guest riders; (2) The symbol II after a team's name differentiates between a club's National level and higher league side, when more than one team was operated in the same season; (3) With regard to 'Club Honours', riders have been credited with a contribution to a league title-winning side if they rode in 6 or more matches of the team's league programme - and with a cup-winning contribution if they appeared in at least one leg of the final; (4) The Speedway Grand Prix and World Cup statistics will be updated for participating riders after each round of the 2016 series.

LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 30, 2016
RIDERS - J

JACOBS, Joseph (Joe) Louis
DATE OF BIRTH: 14 August 1993, Ipswich, Suffolk.
BRITISH CAREER: (2009) Mildenhall; (2010) Rye House II; (2011-12) Mildenhall; (2013) Glasgow, Coventry II; (2014) Wolverhampton, Peterborough, Workington, Mildenhall; (2016) Belle Vue, Ipswich, Isle of Wight.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2011 [Mildenhall], 2012 [Mildenhall]; League Championship winner: 2012 [Mildenhall]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2012 [Mildenhall]; National Trophy winner: 2014 [Mildenhall].
NOTE: Jacobs also appeared for Mildenhall prior to joining Rye House II in 2010, but this is not credited in his career record because the club closed down prematurely, with all their matches expunged from the records.
 
JAKOBSEN, Nikolaj Busk
DATE OF BIRTH: 14 February 1994, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Rye House; (2016) King's Lynn, Peterborough.
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 1 GP ridden, 0 GP finals, 0 GP wins, 0 GP points.
 
JENKINS, Jordan
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 August 2001, Norwich, Norfolk.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016) Mildenhall.
 
JENSEN, Rasmus
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 October 1993, Holsted, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2013-14) Plymouth; (2015) Somerset; (2016) Workington
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2015 [Somerset].
 
JOHNSON, Brendan David
DATE OF BIRTH: 4 June 1992, Poole, Dorset.
BRITISH CAREER: (2007) Oxford II; (2008) Weymouth; (2009) Isle of Wight, Somerset; (2010) Isle of Wight, Weymouth; (2011) Isle of Wight, Dudley; (2012) King’s Lynn II; (2013) Coventry II; (2014) Poole, Mildenhall; (2015) Rye House II; (2016) Isle of Wight.
MAJOR HONOUR: British Under-18 Champion: 2010.
CLUB HONOURS: Four-Team Championship winner: 2008 [Weymouth]; League Championship winner: 2008 [Weymouth]; National Trophy winner: 2014 {Mildenhall].
 
JONES, Emerson
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 January 1994, Wordsley, West Midlands, England.
BRITISH CAREER: (2013) Stoke; (2016) Birmingham.
 
JONES, Steven Paul
DATE OF BIRTH: 27 September 1979, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
BRITISH CAREER: (1997) Lathallan; (1998) Edinburgh, Newcastle; (1999) Newcastle, Linlithgow; (2002-03) Newcastle II; (2004) Carmarthen; (2006-07) Cleveland; (2008) Redcar II; (2011) Newport II; (2012) Isle of Wight; (2014) Scunthorpe II; (2015-16) Buxton.
 
JONSSON, Andreas Karl Rune
DATE OF BIRTH: 3 September 1980, Hallstavik, Sweden.
BRITISH CAREER: (1998-99) Coventry; (2001-05) Coventry; (2006) Arena-Essex; (2007-08) Lakeside; (2015-16) Lakeside.
MAJOR HONOURS: Swedish Under-21 Champion: 1998, 2000; World Under-21 Champion: 2000; World Cup Champion: 2003, 2004, 2015; Swedish Champion: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016; Czech Golden Helmet Champion: 2007.
CLUB HONOUR: League Championship winner: 2005 [Coventry].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 157 GPs ridden, 25 GP finals, 9 GP wins, 1370 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Scandinavian GP Champion: 2006; Danish GP Champion: 2007; German GP Champion: 2007; Nordic GP Champion: 2009 & 2014; Polish GP Champion: 2010 & 2011; Italian GP Champion: 2011; Croatian GP Champion: 2011.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 31 meetings, 354 points, 3 Gold medals, 2 Silver medals, 6 Bronze medals.
 
JONSSON, Dennis
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 November 1991, Stockholm, Sweden.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016) Lakeside.
RIDER LINK: Son of Per Jonsson (born: 21 March 1996, Stockholm, Sweden).
 
JØRGENSEN, Thomas
DATE OF BIRTH: 14 July 1992, Aalborg, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2011) Scunthorpe; (2012) Wolverhampton, Scunthorpe; (2013-14) Scunthorpe; (2015-16) Berwick.
CLUB HONOUR: League Championship winner: 2012 [Scunthorpe].


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