Rory Skinner
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Skinner at Donington Park on 6 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 2001 Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Synetiq TAS BMW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rory Skinner (born 27 September 2001) is a British motorcycle racer from Perth, Scotland, competing in the 2024 British Superbike Championship with TAS Racing. He is best known for winning the 2020 British Supersport Championship. Skinner had a broken 2024 season, suffering crash injuries in May and again in July.
Skinner was the inaugural champion of the British Talent Cup, a motorcycle racing series for young riders. He is a former race winner in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, as well as the 2014 Dunlop Aprilia Superteens Champion and a multiple mini-moto champion.
After the 2019 season in British Supersport on a Kawasaki, for 2020 he moved to Appleyard Yamaha racing. Skinner dominated the 2020 British Supersport Championship, winning the first six races, and was crowned champion after his eighth victory of the season.
For 2021 and 2022, Skinner moved into the British Superbike Championship. He missed the last two 2022 rounds due to a hand injury sustained when he crashed into the back of another rider in late September.
For 2023, Skinner was contracted to race in the Moto2 world championship with American Racing Team, but had a disappointing season, only scoring points once in the 17 races he participated in that season. Skinner is managed by former MotoGP rider John Hopkins, and has also worked as a motorcycle mechanic prior to his racing career.