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 Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship is a competition for riders who are under the age of 21, holding a Danish passport and a valid DMU licence. The competition was first staged in 1960 and was won by Jorgen Hoffman. Although there w ...

. The following season he repeated the success and also won a silver medal at both the 2020

Team Speedway Junior European Championship The Team Speedway Junior European Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway event for junior riders. The event is organised by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) from 2008 to 2012. From 2013 to 2020, it was organised by Fédération Internat ...

and the 2020 Team Speedway Junior World Championship. In 2022, he won his second European Junior Championship silver medal and rode for Ostrów in Poland and

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)

in Denmark. In 2023, he helped

Esbjerg Vikings Esbjerg Speedway Klub or Esbjerg Vikings (part of Esbjerg Motosport) is a speedway club from Esbjerg in Denmark, who compete in the Danish Speedway League. The team have won the Danish Speedway League title on 10 occasions in 1967, 1969, 1970, ...

win the Danish League.

References

Living people 1999 births Danish speedway riders {{Denmark-speedway-bio-stub