Hans Nørgaard Andersen (born 3 November 1980, in

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, Denmark) is a motorcycle speedway rider who captained the

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that won the

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in 2006 and

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Career summary

Despite being originally left out of the 2006 Speedway Grand Prix series, he replaced the retired

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, eventually winning two Grand Prix meetings and finishing sixth in the final standings. He also became only the third rider to win a GP as a wild card. In 2007, Andersen became

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National Champion for the first time. Andersen left his British club,

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, mid-season in July 2008 after it emerged that the club had not paid him wages amounting to several thousand pounds. Shortly afterwards he signed for

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and teamed up with Chris Harris to win the

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. Andersen rode for the Poole Pirates in 2009, and moved on to join the

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for the 2010 season. He returned to the Peterborough Panthers team towards the end of the 2011 season, replacing

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. Andersen led Swindon Robins to Elite League glory in 2012, and on 28 January he eventually was able to ride for the Wiltshire side again in 2013 following a winter-long battle with parent club Peterborough. In 2016, he signed for

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, and he was with them again in 2017. He was with

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in 2018 before riding with Peterborough in 2019. In July 2021 Anderson re-signed for the Leicester Lions in the Championship. In 2022, he rode for Peterborough again, in the

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and for the

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in the

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Speedway Grand Prix results

References

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Career summary

Speedway Grand Prix results

See also

References