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Danny Kent

1993 - Today

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Danny Ray Kent (born 25 November 1993) is an English motorcycle racer, best known for winning the 2015 Moto3 World Championship. In doing so he became Great Britain's first Grand Prix solo motorcycle world champion since Barry Sheene in 1977, as well as the first British lightweight class champion since Dave Simmonds in 1969. During 2020, Kent competed in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship, aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R, and for 2021 aboard a Suzuki GSX-R1000R in the British Superbike Championship, until a crash caused a dislocated and broken hip in August 2021. For 2022, Kent continued with Buildbase Suzuki but for 2023 he joined, as sole rider, a new BSB team established by his personal sponsor using a Honda. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Danny Kent is the 1,117th most popular racing driver (down from 1,042nd in 2024), the 8,055th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,675th in 2019) and the 189th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Danny Kent ranks 1,117 out of 1,080. Before him are Raffaele Marciello, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Robert Wickens, Scott Sharp, Nico Müller, and Ricardo Teixeira. After him are Frederik Vesti, Pontus Tidemand, Andreas Aigner, Oliver Rowland, Norman Nato, and Efrén Vázquez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Danny Kent ranks 800. Before him are Mirko Ivanić, Jairo Samperio, Oscar Otte, Jens Jønsson, Li Fabin, and Swae Lee. After him are Ager Aketxe, Merel van Dongen, Pablo Insua, Cayman Togashi, Shinobu Ota, and Andrea Santarelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Danny Kent ranks 8,057 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Stanley (1988), Ethan Nwaneri (2007), Melanie Wilson (1984), Kyle Lafferty (1987), Beth Storry (1978), and Jay Rodriguez (1989). After him are Gareth Emery (1980), Jo Johnson (1971), Nikola Jović (2003), Fred Scarlett (1975), James McClean (1989), and Bonnie Langford (1964).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Danny Kent ranks 189. Before him are Sean Edwards (1986), Sam Lowes (1990), Scott Redding (1993), James Rossiter (1983), Sam Bird (1987), and Jamie Green (1982). After him are Oliver Rowland (1992), Callum Ilott (1998), Eugene Laverty (1986), Alex Lynn (1993), Bradley Smith (1990), and Robert Huff (1979).

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