The 2023 Danish Speedway season was the 2023 season of

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 ...

in Denmark.

Individual

Individual Championship

The 2023 Danish Individual Speedway Championship was the 2023 edition of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship. The final was held at the Slangerup Speedway Center on 21 June 2023.

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)Speedwaytale ...

won the title on his home track.

Grand Prix Qualifier

The 2023 Danish Grand Prix Qualifier was the 2023 edition of the Danish qualifier for the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix. The final was held at Vojens on 5 April and the top four riders qualified for the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification stage.

U21 Championship

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 Champion ...

won the Under 21 Championship.

Team

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: ...

Seven teams competed in a round robin of fixtures from 19 April to 30 August, to determine the league placings for the semi-final and super final rounds. Esbjerg Vikings won the Danish title for 11th time. Semi-finals (teams ranked 3–6) 6 Sep Super Final (20 Sep)

Teams

Esbjerg *

Luke Becker Luke Becker (born 11 February 1999) is a speedway rider from the United States. Career Becker began his British career riding for Wolverhampton Wolves in 2019. Unable to ride during 2020 because of Covid-19 cancelled season, he continued to rid ...

Niels Kristian Iversen Niels Kristian Trochmann Iversen (, born 20 June 1982 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He was part of the Danish teams that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. Early life ...

* Jonas Jeppesen * Andreas Kaag Jensen *

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Matias Nielsen Matias Nielsen (born 28 July 1999) is a speedway rider from Denmark. Speedway career Nielsen came to prominence in 2019 when he won the silver medal at the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship. The following season he repeated t ...

* Chris Wænnerstrøm Fjelsted * Hans Andersen * Kasper Andersen *

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 Champ ...

* Thomas Jørgensen *

Peter Kildemand Peter Kildemand (born 1 September 1989) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career He is a member of the Danish national team. He was a member of the Swindon Robins Elite League Championship winning side of 2012 and was named "Rider o ...

Norbert Krakowiak Norbert Krakowiak (born 28 July 1999) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider. Speedway career Krakowiak came to prominence as part of the Poland national under-21 speedway team that won the 2020 World team junior championship. and the 2020 Team ...

Andžejs Ļebedevs Andžejs Ļebedevs (born 4 November 1994) is a Latvian speedway rider. Career Ļebedevs finished in 16th place during the 2022 Speedway World Championship, after securing 26 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix. He was selected as a reserv ...

* Marius Nielsen *

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* Stian Vithen Grindsted *

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 Pant ...

Francis Gusts Francis Gusts (born 2 January 2003) is an international speedway rider from Latvia. Speedway career Gusts became the European Junior Champion after winning the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in his home country. In ...

Patrick Hansen Patrick Hansen (born 28 October 1998) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career He rode in the Individual Speedway European Championship The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by ...

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 202 ...

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* Przemyslaw Pawlicki *

Kevin Juhl Pedersen Kevin Juhl Pedersen (born 5 September 2001) is a Danish speedway rider. Speedway career Juhl Pedersen came to prominence in 2022, when he won two silver medals at the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship and the 2022 Team Speedwa ...

Emil Pørtner Emil Pørtner (born 20 April 2000) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career Pørtner rides in three of the four top speedway leagues. In 2022, he rode in his native Denmark for Grindsted, who compete in the Danish Speedway League. ...

* Rune Thorst *

Kevin Wölbert Kevin Wölbert (born 14 June 1989) is a German speedway rider who has won Individual German Champion title in 2008. Career history When Max Dilger was injured, Wölbert was nominated as second track reserve at the 2008 German Grand Prix. But, ...

Matej Žagar Matej Žagar (born 3 April 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won two Individual Speedway European Champion titles in 2004 and 2008. Career In 2002, he won the 2002 Individual Speedway Junior European ...

Holsted * Nicklas Aagaard *

René Bach René Bach (born 7 June 1990, in Hjordkær, Rødekro)www.speedway.com.pl
Retrieved on 2009-04-18. is a Danis ...

* Patrick Bæk *

Lasse Bjerre Lasse Bjerre Jensen (born 31 October 1993) is a speedway rider who won the 2010 Under-21 World Cup with the Denmark team. Biography Bjerre was born in Esbjerg, Denmark in 1993. His brother, Kenneth (born 1984), is also a speedway rider. They ...

* Rasmus Jensen * Bastian Pedersen *

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 ...

Claus Vissing Claus Vissing (born 6 June 1986) is a Danish speedway rider. Career Vissing made his British league debut for Stoke Potters in the 2007 Premier League speedway season before joining Peterborough Panthers for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. In 2010, ...

Region Varde *

Norick Blödorn Norick Blödorn (born 1 June 2004) is a speedway rider from Germany. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Belle Vue Aces in the SGB Premiership 2022 where he won a league title. In 2022, he became the youngest ever German n ...

* Nicolai Heiselberg *

Frederik Jakobsen Frederik Jakobsen (born 1 May 1998) is a speedway rider from Denmark. Career In 2018, Jakobsen rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Poole Pirates in the SGB Premiership 2018. He was a finalist in the 2018 and 2019 Individual ...

* Sam Jensen *

Timo Lahti Timo Lahti (born 16 July 1992) is a speedway rider from Finland. Career Lahti started his British career riding for the Eastbourne Eagles in 2011. He became the national champion of Finland after winning the Finnish Individual Speedway Champion ...

Michael Palm Toft Michael Palm Toft (born 26 July 1990) is a Danish speedway rider. Career Palm Toft began his British career riding for the Scunthorpe Scorpions in 2011. The following year he helped Scunthorpe win the 2012 Premier League title In 2017, he capta ...

Josh Pickering Joshua Pickering (born 30 November 1996) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. Career He began his British speedway career riding for Edinburgh in 2017. He began his Championship average at the assessed 5.00 and completed the season ...

* Tim Sørensen *

Antti Vuolas Antti Vuolas (born 23 August 1999) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Finland. Career Vuolas twice won the bronze medal at the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship in 2018 and 2022. In 2022, he rode for Region Varde during the 2022 Da ...

Grzegorz Zengota Grzegorz Zengota (born 29 August 1988 in Zielona Góra) is an international speedway rider from Poland. Career He was a member of Poland U-21 national team. He has won Under-21 Speedway World Cup twice (in 2008 and 2009). In 2022, he helped ...

SES * Mikkel Andersen * Benjamin Basso *

Oliver Berntzon Oliver Berntzon (born 2 August 1993) is an international speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Berntzon won the silver medal at the Swedish Championship in 2018. He qualified for the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix and the 2021 Speedway Gran ...

* Adrian Gala * Mads Hansen *

Nicolai Klindt Nicolai Klindt (born 29 December 1988 in Outrup, Denmark) is a Danish speedway rider who won the 2007 Individual Under-19 European title. Career In 2006, Klindt won the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship and followed up the succes ...

* Jesper Knudsen *

Leon Madsen Leon Madsen (born 5 September 1988) is a Danish speedway rider who is twice a World Championship silver medalist. Career Born in Vejle, Madsen won the 80cc junior World Championship in 2001. In 2018 and 2022, Madsen won the Individual Speedway ...

* Jannik Sørensen *

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Slangerup *

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Kenneth Kruse Hansen Kenneth Kruse Hansen (born 19 October 1987 in Herlev, Denmark)Bamford, R.(2007). ''Speedway Yearbook 2007''. is a motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the United Kingdom for the Wolverhampton Wolves and Peterborough Panthers in the Elite Lea ...

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 ...

Michael Jepsen Jensen Michael Jepsen Jensen (born 18 February 1992) is a speedway rider from Denmark. Career He was part of the 2010 Under-21 World Cup winning Denmark team. He also won the 2012 Nordic Speedway Grand Prix becoming the 1st wildcard to have won a GP ...

* Vilads Nagel *

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Keynan Rew Keynan Rew (born 2003) is an international speedway rider from Australia. Speedway career In 2021, Rew helped Australia qualify for the final of the 2021 Speedway of Nations (the World team Championships of speedway). In 2022, he helped Wilki ...

Timi Salonen Timi Salonen (born 2 August 2001) is a speedway rider from Finland. Speedway career Salonen represented Finland at senior level in the 2022 Speedway of Nations final, after securing a second-place finish in the semi-final. Also in 2022, he ...

Jonas Seifert-Salk Jonas Seifert-Salk (born 27 June 2000) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Speedway career Seifert-Salk has two silver medals at the Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship in 2018 and 2020. He won a bronze medal at the Danish Under ...

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References

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