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2007 Speedway Grand Prix Of Great Britain
The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, known as the 2007 FIM Meridian Lifts British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30 June in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, United Kingdom.''Świat Żużla'', No 4 (72) 2007, page 52 Starting positions draw The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated David Howe (as Wild Card), Edward Kennett and Daniel King (both as Track Reserve). This was undertaken at the suggestion of the British event organisers who requested that finishing positions from the 2007 British Championship determine the identity of the wild card and reserves - the highest placed rider in that event (other than the pre-qualified Chris Harris and Scott Nicholls) would be the wild card, the next two would be the track reserves. David Howe finished second to Harris and took the wild card place. #(4) Andreas Jonsson (Sweden) #(6) Hans N. Andersen (Denmark) #(16) '' David Howe (U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the south-east of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial centre of Wales as well as the base for the Senedd. At the 2021 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 362,400. The popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarosław Hampel
Jarosław "Jarek" Hampel (; born 17 April 1982 in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish Speedway rider. He was a participant of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix in 2007 and 2010. He received his speedway license in 1998 with the Polish team Polonia Piła, although he first started racing on a mini-track in Pawłowice, close to the city of Leszno. In 2010 and 2013, he won silver medals in the Speedway World Championships ( Grand Prix Series), and in 2011, he won the bronze medal. In 1999 he won a bronze medal at the Individual U-19 European Championship as well as a bronze medal at the Individual U-21 World Championship in 2000 and a gold medal in 2003. He has started in the Speedway Grand Prix since 2000, and became a regular starter from 2004. In 2005 he won the Speedway World Cup with Poland, together with fellow Poles Tomasz Gollob, Piotr Protasiewicz, Grzegorz Walasek and Rune Holta; beating Sweden, Denmark and Great Britain in the final held at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniele Tessari
Daniele Tessari (born 20 August 1984) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Italy. Career Tessari rode in Speedway Grand Prix of Italy. He joined Edinburgh Monarchs in 2006 and spent two seasons with the club. Results World Championships * Individual World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix ** 2005 - 31st place (0 pts in one event) ** 2006 - 31st place (0 pts in one event) ** 2007 - 34th place (0 pts in one event) * Team World Championship ( Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup) ** 2003 - 12th place ** 2004 - 7th place European Championships * Individual European Championship ** 2005 - Lonigo - 15th place (2 pts) * European Pairs Championship ** '' 2004 - 6th place in Semi-Final 1'' ** '' 2006 - 6th place in Semi-Final 2'' See also * Italy national speedway team * List of Speedway Grand Prix riders This is a complete list of riders who have entered a FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995. ''After 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomasz Gapiński
Tomasz Gapiński (born 8 July 1982 in Piła, Poland''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (73) / 2008, pages 20-21, ) is an international motorcycle speedway rider who was riding in 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Europe. He was won Team Polish Champion titles in 1999 and 2006. Speedway Grand Prix results Career details World Championships * Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix) ** '' 2006 - notclassify (0 heats in European SGP)'' ** 2007 - 32nd place (1 point in European SGP) * Individual U-21 World Championship European Championships * Individual European Championship ** 2005 - Lonigo - 11th place (5 points) ** ''2008 - injury in before Semi-Final 3'' * European Pairs Championship ** 2004 - Debrecen - Bronze medal (5 points) * European Club Champions' Cup ** 2007 - Miskolc - Runner-up (10 points) Polish competitions * Individual Polish Championship ** ''2008 - injur before Semi-Final 2'' ** '' 2009 - 17th place in Quarter-Final 3'' * Team Polish Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Risager
Morten Risager (born 30 September 1987 in Denmark) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career Risager earned his speedway licence in 2003. He first appeared in the British leagues during the 2004 season, riding for Coventry Bees. He first rode for Ipswich Witches in 2009 and was part of the Ipswich team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 23 October 2011, at Beaumont Park Stadium. He announced his retirement in January 2018. , speedwaygb.co, 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018 Results Speedway Grand Prix Honours * Individual U-21 World Championship: ** |
Mattia Carpanese
Mattia Carpanese born (5 November 1985 in Padova, Italy) is a speedway rider who in 2007 rode in the UK for the Workington Comets who compete in the Premier League, and for the Birmingham Brummies in 2008. Carpanese finished runner-up in the Italian Championship in 2005. He was selected as a wild card for the 2006 and 2007 Italian Speedway Grand Prix. He quit the Comets after a string of injuries on 30 August 2007. On 20 April 2008 it was announced that Carpanese had been signed by Birmingham Brummies as a short term replacement for injured rider James Birkinshaw but was released after twenty eight days. Speedway Grand Prix Honours World Championships * Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup) ** ''2005 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (1 point)'' ** ''2006 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (7 points)'' ** ''2007 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 2 (12 points)'' ** ''2009 - 3rd place in Qualifying round 1 (9 points)'' ** ''2010 - 4th place in Qualifying round 2 (11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Davidsson
Jonas Davidsson (born 7 August 1984 in Motala, Sweden) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden and he was a member of Swedish national team. Career Davidsson came to prominence after reaching three World Under 21 finals in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He also won the Swedish Junior Speedway Championship in 2005. He signed for his first British team Reading Racers for the 2003 Premier League speedway season and his first Polish team Zielona Góra in 2006. In 2008, Davidsson experienced arguably his fineest career achievement when he won a bronze medal representing Sweden at the 2008 Speedway World Cup. It was also in 2008 that he joined the Lakeside Hammers in the Elite League. He would go on spend five seasons with the club and win the Elite League Knockout Cup in 2009. He continued to ride in Poland after his British career came to an end and last raced in 2019 for Krosno. Family And his brother, Daniel Davidsson (b. 1983), is also a speedway rider, as was his father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Ułamek
Sebastian Ułamek (born 20 November 1975) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He was a European individual Champion. Career Ułamek rode in the Polish leagues for his home club Włókniarz Częstochowa from 1992 until 1998 and then Gdańsk from 1999 to 2000 (the 2000 season was in the Ekstraliga). He began to establish himself as one of the leading riders and participated in his first Grand Prix series during the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix season. He made his British league debut in 2000, when riding several times for Wolverhampton Wolves before returning to Poland to ride for Wrocław. On 12 August 2001 he won the Continental Final, which formed part of the 2002 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification. He aslso won a silver medal with Poland at the 2001 Speedway World Cup. In 2002, in addition to his Swedish commitments he rode for Leszno and returned to Britain to ride for the King's Lynn Stars. The following season in 2003, he joined the Oxford Cheetahs and returne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Bjerre
Kenneth Bjerre Jensen (born 24 May 1984 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is a Denmark speedway team, Danish international motorcycle speedway rider who races using the name Kenneth Bjerre. He rode in the United Kingdom, UK for Peterborough Panthers and King's Lynn Stars in the Elite League (speedway), Elite League. His brother, Lasse Bjerre, is also a speedway rider. Speedway Grand Prix results See also * Denmark national speedway team * List of Speedway Grand Prix riders References External links * 1984 births Living people Danish speedway riders Speedway World Cup champions Individual Speedway Junior European Champions Peterborough Panthers riders Newcastle Diamonds riders Belle Vue Aces riders People from Esbjerg Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-speedway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Lindgren (speedway Rider)
Jan Fredrik Tobias (Freddie) Lindgren (born 15 September 1985) is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He has twice won the bronze medal at the Speedway World Championship and won the world team championships in 2015. Career Born in Örebro, Sweden. Lindgren's father Tommy was a speedway rider before him, and his younger brother Ludvig also rides. Lindgren first appeared for Wolverhampton Wolves during the 2003 season as the team struggled with injuries. At the age of just 17, Freddie made his debut for the team and impressed enough to be brought back the following season when again injuries hit the club. In 2005, he moved over to full-time and averaged 7.44 for Wolves in his debut full season and in 2006 he improved to average 8.12. In 2007 as Freddie started to show up more on the World scene, he averaged 8.35 again for Wolves. Also in 2007, he was awarded a permanent wild card place for the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix series. During the 2008 season, Freddie was awarded with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel King (speedway Rider)
Daniel Robert King (born 14 August 1986) is a British speedway rider.Rider Index , speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 24 March 2017 Career Born in , King began his career in 2001 with Peterborough Pumas. He has raced for , , , and |
Edward Kennett
Edward David Kennett (born 28 August 1986 in Hastings, England) is a motorcycle speedway rider. He was the British Under-21 Champion in 2005 and has appeared in two Speedway Grand Prix as a wild card. Kennett's father Dave, was a motorcycle speedway rider who rode for the Eastbourne Eagles, Hackney Hawks, Newport Wasps and the White City Rebels. His uncle Gordon Kennett represented Great Britain, and rode for many clubs. Another uncle, Brian (Barney) Kennett, rode mainly in the British League Division Two/National League for the Canterbury Crusaders during the 1970s and 1980s. Career Kennett started his racing career in the Conference League with the Rye House Raiders in 2001. He had his first permanent team place with the Raiders in 2002. The same season he made his Premier League debut for the Rye House Rockets. In 2004, he joined his local club the Eastbourne Eagles in the Elite League. Kennett joined Valsarna speedway, his first team in Sweden 2004. He struggled in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
