Bent Nørregaard-Jensen (born 2 December 1949) is a former international speedway rider from Denmark.

Speedway career

Nørregaard-Jensen was Danish champion in 1974 after winning the

Danish Individual Speedway Championship Individual Speedway Danish Championship is the National competition for Danish speedway riders to determine the champion of Denmark. The event was first held in 1947. From 1947 to 1951 there was no definitive difference between the short track and ...

. He was also the Danish Junior Champion in 1967. He reached the final of the

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in the

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and the

1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1970 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the first FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Malmö, Sweden. The championship was won by New Zealand (28 points) who beat Sweden (25 points) and England (19 points). Sem ...

. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1969, riding for

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World Final appearances

World Pairs Championship

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

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(with Ole Olsen) - 4th - 15pts (4) *

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

(with Ole Olsen) - NC (Track Reserve) - 17pts (5)

World Longtrack Championship

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

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5th 12pts *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

–

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5th 17pts *

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

15th 2 pts

References

1949 births Living people Danish speedway riders West Ham Hammers riders People from Vejen Municipality Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Speedway-stub