Jan Andersen (born 1 August 1969) is a former
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 ...
rider from Denmark.
Career
Andersen started racing in the British leagues during the
1992 British League Division Two season
The 1992 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom.
Summary
The title was won by the Peterborough Panthers.
The season had a sad end when on 13 September Wayne Garratt crashed ridi ...
, when riding for the
Edinburgh Monarchs
The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish Speedway team, currently based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the Speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess. The cl ...
but struggled and would miss the 1993 season.
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He returned to Edinburgh in 1994 and enjoyed a better season averaging 7.12. He then performed very well in the top tier of British speedway for Edinburgh during the ]1995 Premier League speedway season
The 1995 Premier League season was the 61st season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. It was also the first for the new league, and the first of two seasons in which British speedway was competed as a single division.
Summary
The ...
. The following season in 1996 he rode for the Coventry Bees
Coventry Bees were a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon near Coventry, England.
History
A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the inaugural season of the Southern ...
.[ He missed the 1997 season before returning for his best spell in 1998.]Peterborough Panthers
The Peterborough Panthers are a British speedway team based in Peterborough, England. They are three times champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest level league in 1999, 2006 and 2021.
History 1970–1994
The Panthers inaugural sea ...
rider, averaging 9.29 and helping the club win the league title during the 1998 Premier League speedway season
The 1998 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
Season summary
The League ...
. He became the captain of the team as they moved up a division to join the Elite League and steered the club to a second successive league title in 1999
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.Ipswich Witches
The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm (first ra ...
before returning to his first club Edinburgh for one final season. Head injuries forced his retirement and he was awarded a benefit meeting in 2002.[
He earned one cap for the ]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 Spe ...
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Family
His brother 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 ...
was a speedway rider.[
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References
Living people
1969 births
Danish speedway riders
Coventry Bees riders
Edinburgh Monarchs riders
Ipswich Witches riders
Peterborough Panthers riders
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