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European Team Speedway Championship
The European Team Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway team event to determine the team champions of Europe. History The event was inaugurated in 2022. It was added to the speedway racing calendar as an early season event, in addition to the existing European individual and pairs events. Winners References {{European Championships 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 ... Recurring sporting events established in 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Ellis
Adam Ellis (born 21 March 1996) is a British grasstrack and speedway rider and former British champion. Biography Born in Marmande, France, Ellis began grasstrack racing in 2009, going on to finish second in the 250cc French Grasstrack Championship in 2010, and winning the championship in 2011.Adam Ellis , ipswichwitches.co, Retrieved 16 December 2012Oakes, Peter (2012) "Our Future in Their Hands", ''Speedway Star'', 8 December 2012, pp. 33-35 In 2012 he again finished runner up, and also competed in the French Speedway Championship. He was mentored by former rider Matt Read. He also began speedway racing in the United Kingdom, winning two rounds of the British Junior Championship. He was signed by the |
Mads Hansen (speedway Rider)
Mads Hansen (born 26 June 2000) is a Danish speedway rider. Career Hansen was the European Under-19 champion in 2018. After finishing fifth during the 2020 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship he won the first series race of the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, which was held at Stralsund. In 2022, he helped SES win the 2022 Danish Super League. In October 2023, he paired up with Rasmus Jensen to win a silver medal at the European Pairs championship. Major results World individual Championship *2021 Speedway Grand Prix - 25th (0pts) *2022 Speedway Grand Prix - 20th (7pts) *2023 Speedway Grand Prix The 2023 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 29th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 78th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the second series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending cha ... - 18th (10pts) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Mads 2000 births Living people Danish spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Przyjemski
Wiktor Przyjemski (born 23 May 2005) is an international Motorcycle speedway, speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Przyjemski came to prominence in 2022, when he was part of the Polish team that won the Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship, World U23 Championship. During 2021 and 2022, he rode for Polonia Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz in the Ekstraliga (speedway), Ekstraliga and in 2022 for Kolejarz Rawicz in the Polish Speedway Second League. In 2023, he will ride for Rospiggarna in the Elitserien (speedway), Elitserien. In 2023, he helped Poland qualify for the final of the 2023 European Team Speedway Championship. In 2023, he won his second Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship, winning the 2023 Speedway of Nations 2. He also won 2023 Team Speedway Junior European Championship and the 2023 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, 2023 European Junior Championship in Gorzów Wielkopolski, on 19 August. In 2024, he rode for KM Cross Lublin (speedway team), M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przemysław Pawlicki
Przemysław Pawlicki (born 5 September 1991)''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (77) 2009, pages 14-15 is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Poland U-21 and U-19 national teams. Pawlicki is a current Team U-21 World Champion and Team U-19 European Champion). Career history 2008 Przemysław Pawlicki passed his speedway license (''Licencja "Ż"'') in 2008 as a 16-year-old. On 20 July 2008 he rode in his first meeting in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga (Leszno vs. Wrocław 61:29). On his debut, he scored 11 points (3,3,1,-,3,1) finishing heat 4 in the best time of the day (59.90 sec.).''Świat Żużla'', No 4 (76) 2008, pages 4 10-11, 13, 40-43, 45 Seven days later, in Tarnów, he only scored one point (1,0,-,-,-,0) for Leszno. In total he rode in 20 heats (5 meetings) and scored 31 points and 3 bonus points (averaging 1.700). Unia Leszno reached the Ekstraliga Final, but lost Unibax Toruń 84:96 (Pawlicki did not start in the final). Pawlicki participated in the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Worrall
Richie Worrall (born 23 September 1991) is an English motorcycle speedway rider who in 2012 reached the final of the World Under-21 Championship. Biography Worrall was born in St. Helens, Merseyside, the slightly elder of twins, the other being Steve Worrall, also now a speedway rider.Rider Index , speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2012-06-10 Initially a rider, he made his league debut in speedway in 2010 with in the |
Tom Brennan (speedway Rider)
Thomas Brennan (born 2 July 2001) is a British speedway rider. Career In 2016, Brennan made a number of guest appearances at reserve for Eastbourne Eagles after he turned 15 and was eligible to ride in the National League. He made his debut for Eastbourne on his 15th birthday against Birmingham Brummies, however he crashed in his first ride and suffered a broken collarbone. Brennan retained his spot for Eastbourne for the 2017 season. A good start to the season saw him move from reserve to number 1, before he moved to number 4 for the majority of the season. He scored his first paid maximum scoring 9+3 from 4 rides in the National League Knockout Cup Final against Mildenhall Fen Tigers. Brennan finished the season with an average of 7.21, making him the most improved rider in the National League in 2017, with an increase of 4.21 from his starting average of 3.00. He also helped Eastbourne win the Knockout Cup for the third successive season, beating Mildenhall in the final. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Breum
Emil Breum Ankersen (born 16 January 2002) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career Breum reached the final of the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship. In 2022, he won the bronze medal in the Danish U21 Championship. He rides in the Danish Speedway League for Esbjerg Vikings (2022 to 2023) and in the Polish Polish Speedway First League for Poznań (2022). In 2023, he was named in the Danish squad by team manager Nicki Pedersen. Later during 2023, he became the Danish Under 21 champion and in 2023, he also helped Esbjerg Vikings Esbjerg Speedway Klub or Esbjerg Vikings (part of Esbjerg Motosport) is a speedway club from Esbjerg in Denmark, who compete in the Danish Speedway League. The team have won the Danish Speedway League title on 10 occasions in 1967, 1969, 1970, ... win the Danish League. References 2002 births Living people Danish speedway riders {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Lyager
Andreas Lyager Hansen (born 1 December 1997) is a speedway rider from Denmark. Speedway career Lyager joined Scunthorpe Scorpions for the 2015 Premier League speedway season and 2016 Premier League speedway season. Lyager reached two finals of the World Under-21 Championships in 2017 and 2018 and was the Danish Junior champion in 2018, following two silver medals in the previous two years. He also won three medals at the Junior World Team Championships (bronze in 2016 and 2017 and silver in 2018) and a bronze medal at the 2017 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship. In 2022, he rode for Rybnik in Poland, Slangerup in Denmark and Indianerna Indianerna (the Indians) are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Kumla, Sweden. The club's official name is Kumla MSK and it was founded in 1936 which makes the club one of the oldest motorsport clubs in Sweden. Indianerna was one of the ... in Sweden. References 1997 births Living people Danish speedway ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikkel Michelsen
Mikkel Michelsen (born 19 August 1994) is a Danish speedway rider. Career Born in Nykøbing Falster, Michelsen took up speedway at the age of 6, and went on to win the Junior World Cup in both 2008 and 2009.Laursen Brock, Jeppe (2013)Speedwaytalent: »Adrenalinkicket er uvurderligt«, ''Politiken'', 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2014 He rode for Slangerup Speedway Klub in the Danish league from 2010. After racing in Germany for AC Landshut Devils in 2012, he rode in Poland and the United Kingdom in 2013 for Unia Leszno and Eastbourne Eagles respectively, staying with both teams in 2014. In 2013 he won the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship, the European Junior Championship, and the Under-21 World Cup with Denmark. In 2014 he was a reserve in the Danish Speedway Grand Prix and finished third in the World Under-21 Championship after also reaching the final in 2011 and 2013. In December 2014, with the Eagles dropping to the National League, he signed fo ... [...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] |
