The Denmark national under-21 speedway team is the national under-21
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 ...
team of
Denmark
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and is controlled by the Danish Motor Union. The team started in
Under-21 World Cup in all editions and won five medals: one gold (2010), two silver (2008 and 2009) and two bronze (2005 and 2006). Denmark has produced three
Under-21 World Champions:
Gert Handberg
Gert Handberg (born 30 May 1969 in Brædstrup, Denmark) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider form Denmark.
Career
Gert joined Cradley Heathens in 1988 on a recommendation, after winning the Danish Junior Championship during the ...
(1989),
Brian Andersen
Brian Andersen (born 13 March 1971) is a Danish former international motorcycle speedway rider.
Career
Andersen reached the final of the Under-21 World Championship in 1990 and then won the event the following year to become the 1991 Junior ...
(1991) and
Jesper B. Jensen (1997). In 1977 and 1978 two Danish riders,
Alf Busk
Alf Busk (born 16 April 1958) is a former international speedway rider from Denmark.
Speedway career
Busk won the gold medal at the Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in the 1977 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship.
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and
Finn Rune Jensen
Finn Rune Jensen (born 9 January 1957) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. He earned nine international caps for the Denmark national speedway team.
Biography
Born in Haderslev, Denmark, Jensen started his speedway career at O ...
, was won Individual U-21 European Championship.
Tommy Knudsen
Tommy Knudsen (born 9 November 1961 in Roager, Denmark) is a former Motorcycle speedway rider who won eight Speedway World Team Cups, and two Speedway World Pairs Championship, World Pairs.
Career
Knudsen first became kno ...
was won 1980 Individual U-21 European Championship open for riders from all continents.
Competition
Team B
See also
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Denmark national speedway team
Denmark is one of the major teams in international speedway. They are managed by Denmark's most successful speedway rider, four time Individual World Champion Hans Nielsen and the current captain is Niels-Kristian Iversen. They have won the Sp ...
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Denmark national under-19 speedway team
The Denmark national under-19 speedway team is the national under-19 motorcycle speedway team of Denmark and is controlled by the Danish Motor Union. The team started in Team U-19 European Championship in all editions and won two bronze medals. D ...
External links
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Speedway at Danish Motor Union webside
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National speedway teams
Speedway
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Team
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