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Esben Hjerrild
Esben Hjerrild (born 9 April 2002) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career Hjerrild reached the final of the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship. He rides in the Danish Speedway League for Grindsted (2022 to 2023) and in the Team Speedway Polish Championship for Kolejarz Opole (2022). In 2023, he was named in the Danish squad by team manager Nicki Pedersen Nicki Pedersen (born 2 April 1977) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. His brother, Ro .... References 2002 births Living people Danish speedway riders {{Denmark-speedway-bio-stub ...
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Esbjerg
Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density
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it is the fifth-largest city in Denmark, and the largest in West Jutland. Before a decision was made to establish a (now the second largest in Denmark) at Esbjerg in 1868 ...
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Grindsted Speedway Klub
Grindsted Speedway Klub is a speedway club, based at the Billund Municipality Stadium, north of Grindsted in Denmark, who compete in the Danish Speedway League. The team have never won the Danish Speedway League but have spent numerous seasons in the highest league tier. Venue The club's track known as the Billund Municipality Stadium is located about 6 kilometres in a north east direction from the centre of Grindsted, on Blåbjergvej 1. History 1985 to 1993 The club was founded in 1985 but initially operated grasstrack speedway only. The following year the professional Danish Speedway League or Superliga was created but Grindsted did not build a full size speedway track until 1990. It took another three years for the club to form a 500cc team, competing in division 2 of the league in 1993. 2007 to present During the 2007 Danish speedway season, the team competed in the top tier of Danish speedway for the first time. The following season in 2008, they signed Rune Holta and Kaj ...
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Kolejarz Opole
Kolejarz Opole (Railwayman Opole) is a motorcycle speedway team based in Opole, Poland. They currently race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). History The club race at the Municipal Speedway Stadium or Mariana Spychała Stadium named after a former rider and coach Mariana Spychała. The speedway track was constructed in 1957. On 5 April 1957 the speedway club was officially founded as Klub Sportowy Kolejarz Opole and made its debut in the Polish leagues in 1961. The club's first honour was winning the Polish Speedway First League in 1969 and they went on to win the league three more times in 1974, 1980, 1987. After their 1969 victory they competed in the highest league and won the bronze medal in 1970. The club later won the Polish Speedway Second League in 2004. 2022 team * Jacob Thorssell * Oskar Polis * Adrian Cyfer * Esben Hjerrild * Karol Baran * Jakub Krawczyk * Petr Chlupáč Petr Chlupáč (born 2002) is a speedway rider from the Czech Republic. ...
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2023 Speedway Of Nations 2
The 2023 Speedway of Nations 2 (SON2) was the 19th Team Under-21 World Championship season, organised by the FIM and sponsored by DeWalt. The event took place on 11 August 2023 at the Riga Speedway Stadium in Riga, Latvia. Defending champions Poland won their 16th Team Under-21 World Championship and tenth in succession. Final * Riga * 11 August 2023 Grand Final Qualifier Grand Final See also * 2023 SGP2 References {{Team Speedway Junior World Championship seasons 2023 World Team Junior Team Speedway Junior World Championship The Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship is a speedway competition to determine the World Championship for national Under-21 teams. The sport's equivalent of the Under-21 World Cup in football, as of 2022 the title is awarded to the winners ... Speedway of Nations 2 International sports competitions hosted by Latvia Sports competitions in Riga ...
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Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship
The Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship is a speedway competition to determine the World Championship for national Under-21 teams. The sport's equivalent of the Under-21 World Cup in football, as of 2022 the title is awarded to the winners of SON2, the Under-21 division of the Speedway of Nations. The first edition of the competition was in 2005 prior to its incorporation with the Speedway of Nations. Poland has dominated the competition winning the title record 15 times. Previous winners Classification Rules Eligibility The minimum age limit (16 years) starts on the date of the rider's birthday and the maximum age limit (21 years) finishes at the end of the year in which they reach 21 years old. Team composition The 4 competing teams shall each consist of 5 riders; there shall be no substitute rider: *Team A (Helmet colour Red): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *Team B (Blue): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *Team C (White): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *Team D (Yellow/Black): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 When a tea ...
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Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of track racing, speedway is adm ...
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2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
The 2021 European Individual Speedway Junior Championship was the 24th edition of the Championship. A major change took place before the 2021 Championships in that the age limit was reduced from under 21 years of age to under 19 years of age. Three qualifying heats took place at the Nagyhalász Speedway Ring in Nagyhalász (22 May), Holsted (19 June) and Pardubice (26 June). The final was staged on 7 August, at Riga in Latvia and was won by Francis Gusts of Latvia. Final * 7 August 2021 * Riga Run-Off For Silver: Hellstrom-Bangs beat Cierniak See also * 2021 Speedway European Championship The 2021 Speedway European Championship season was the ninth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 21st UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. The title was won by Mikkel Michelsen, who beat Leon Madsen by two p ... References {{Individual Speedway Junior European Championship seasons Individual Speedway Junior European Championship European ...
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Danish Speedway League
The Danish Speedway League ( da, Dansk Speedway Liga) or Danish Super League or Metal League as it is called today is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Denmark. Roll of Honour List of teams to have finished in medal-winning positions: 2008 season The 2008 season was won by Slangerup; they beat Esbjerg and Holsted. 2009 season 2015 season In the Superfinal Munkebo won with 36 points. Fjelsted finished second with 33 points, Esbjerg third with 32 points and Region Varde forth with 31 points. 2016 season In the Superfinal Region Varde won with 40 points. Holsted finished second with 37 points, Esbjerg third with 35 points and Slangerup forth with 20 points. References See also * Sports in Denmark {{Danish speedway teams Speedway in Denmark Speedway leagues Professional sports leagues in Denmark ...
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Team Speedway Polish Championship
The Team Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948. The team winning the league is awarded a gold medal and declared Polish Team Champions. Teams finishing second and third are awarded silver and bronze medals respectively. Previous winners Amateur The Team Speedway Polish Championship of Unprofessionals (Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski Nieprofesjonalnych, DMPN'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different amateur Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 2008. Notes See also {{Speedway in Poland Team A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson (academic), Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interde ...
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Nicki Pedersen
Nicki Pedersen (born 2 April 1977) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. His brother, Ronni Pedersen, has also ridden in the Speedway Grand Prix and World Cup. Career Domestic teams Pedersen began speedway racing aged 11 at Danish club Fjelsted. He started his Polish speedway career in 1999 with Polish second division club Start Gniezno and has since ridden for GTŻ Grudziądz, Wybrzeże Gdańsk, ZKŻ Zielona Góra and ŻKS ROW Rybnik. Between 2006 and 2007 he rode for Stal Rzeszów and since 2008 he has ridden for Włókniarz Częstochowa. Pedersen rides for Dackarna in the Swedish Elitserien, and Holsted in the Danish Super League. Pedersen's speedway career in the United Kingdom began with the Premier League team Newcastle Diamonds, before Elite League side Wolverhampton Wolves bought him for the 1999 season. He ...
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