# Mathieu Trésarrieu

Mathieu "Mat" Trésarrieu (born 2 March 1986) is a French motorcycle speedway rider who competes in Speedway, Longtrack and Grasstrack. He is a two times World Longtrack Champion and is a three-time speedway champion of France. He earned 2 caps for the France national speedway team.

## Biography

Trésarrieu was born in Bordeaux in 1986, and took up speedway at the age of twelve. His two older brothers Stéphane and Sebastien are also speedway riders. He won the French national championship for the first time in 2002. Between 2002 and 2003 he rode for the Isle of Wight Islanders in seven matches, but only got a regular league place in 2005 when he rode in forty matches for Reading Racers at an average score of 5.6.
In 2006, he was named as number 8 for Oxford Cheetahs but moved on to Redcar Bears, where he stayed for two seasons, averaging over seven in each. He won the French title for a second time in 2007, and (after missing the 2008 season through injury) for a third time in 2009. He also finished third in the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship in 2007. He returned to British speedway in 2010 in the Elite League with Peterborough Panthers, but failed to get a starting place at the start of the 2011 season. An injury to Ilya Bondarenko gave him an opportunity with Leicester Lions, and later in 2011 he signed for Ipswich Witches to replace the injured Chris Schramm, riding as part of the team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship at Leicester.
Mat re-joined Ipswich in 2012, electing to focus on speedway, rather than grass and long track racing.
In 2018, he was part of the French team, along with Dimitri Bergé, Stéphane Trésarrieu and David Bellego, that won the 2018 Team Long Track World Championship. The following season, in 2019, he was part of the French team again, along with Bergé and Bellego, that won the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.
In 2022, he won his second individual World Longtrack title, finishing 28 points clear of Zach Wajtknecht in the 2022 Individual Long Track World Championship. Additionally in 2022, he was part of the French team, along with Stéphane Trésarrieu and Mathias Trésarrieu, that won the bronze medal at the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.
In 2023, he was part of the French team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.

## World Longtrack Championship
### Grand-Prix Series

| Year | GP | Points | Pos | GP Wins | GP Podiums |
| 2004 | NSR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 42 | 3rd | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | DNC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 5 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 6 | 91 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 6 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 5 | 84 | 3rd | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 101 | 1st | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 5 | 102 | 3rd | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 101 | 3rd | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 37 | 3rd | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 | 116 | 1st | 3 | 2 |
Best results
* Forssa Third 2016
* Herxheim First 2019, Second 2014, 2017
* La Reole First 2007, 2018
* Marmande First 2007, Third 2011
* Morizes Second 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
* Mühldorf Third 2017, 2018, 2019
* Vechta Second 2009, 2010
* St. Macaire Third 2006
* Roden Second 2018
* Eenrum Second 2018

## European Grasstrack Championship

Finals
* 2003 La Reole (NSR)
* 2004 Eenrum (18th) 6pts
* 2006 La Reole (NS)
* 2007 Folkestone (NS)
* 2013 Bielefeld (10th) 12pts
* 2014 St. Macaire (5th) 17pts
* 2016 Folkestone (Second) 19pts
* 2017 Hertingen (16th) 3pts
* 2018 Tayac (5th) 16pts
* 2019 Bad Hersfeld (10th) 12pts
* 2020 Tayac (First) 19pts