Q:Facts: - birth date: 05 october 1980 - name: james toseland - nationality: english - image: james toseland.jpg - birth place: doncaster , south yorkshire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james toseland .
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james michael toseland -lrb- born 5 october 1980 -rrb- is an english former motorcycle racer .toseland was the world superbike champion on a ten kate honda , and also won the superbike world championship on a ducati .he is one of only two men , the other being troy corser , to have won the world superbike championship for two different manufacturers .on 9 september 2011 he officially retired from professional motorsport due to a wrist injury sustained in march 2011 at an official world superbike championship testing session at motorland aragon , spain .aside from racing , toseland is a keen pianist -lrb- reaching grade 6 -rrb- and singer-songwriter who , until recently , performed regularly with his band crash at gigs across the world .however , toseland is also a talented solo artist and in the past has performed alongside ray stubbs for bbc 's sport relief and played a piano set at the british sports personality of the year awards in 2007 .