Leon Haslam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Leon Haslam

British motorcycle racer

Date of Birth: 31-May-1983

Place of Birth: Ealing, England, United Kingdom

Profession: motorcycle racer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Leon Lloyd Haslam (born 31 May 1983, in the London Borough of Ealing) is a motorcycle road racer based in Derbyshire, England.
After the 2019 World Superbike season with the factory Kawasaki team, for 2020 he is contracted to ride the new Honda Fireblade in world superbikes, with the team being run for the first time under full HRC control.For the 2017 and 2018 seasons, he was contracted to race in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R.
He won the 2018 British championship at the final event held at Brands Hatch in late October, having previously signed to join the Kawasaki Superbike factory team (KRT) in World Championship from 2019 as team-mate to Jonathan Rea.He began racing at an early age and by the time he was in his late teens, he had raced in most of the significant British and international championships.
After the 2004 season on a Ducati in World Superbikes with teammate Nori Haga, between 2005 and 2008 he was a regular front-runner in the British Superbike Championship.
For 2009 he returned to the Superbike World Championship, riding for Suzuki, BMW, Honda and Aprilia for 2015.
Haslam is nicknamed 'Pocket Rocket' and is the son of former road-racer 'Rocket Ron' Haslam.