Nicolai Klindt (born 29 December 1988 in

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, Denmark) is a Danish

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rider who won the 2007 Individual Under-19 European title.

Career

In 2006, Klindt won the

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and followed up the success by winning the 2007 European U19 title. In 2008, he signed for his first British league team

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for the

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and also won his second Danish U21 title. He spent two more seasons at Wolves, improving his average to 6.91, making his debut for Denmark in the

2009 Speedway World Cup The 2009 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the ninth FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2009 in Leszno, Poland. The defending World Champions were Denmark who won the 2008 final in Vojens, Denmark. It was the fourth fina ...

and winning a silver medal at the 2010 Speedway World Cup. He switch to the

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in 2011 before returning to Wolves for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Over the next few seasons he rode for various clubs from 2014 to 2016. During the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons Klindt rode for

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and helped them win the

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and the 2017 and 2019 Premiership Shield. The following season he signed for

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but the 2020 season was curtailed by the

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, however he returned to ride for them during the

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. In 2022, he joined the

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for the

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. Also in 2022, he helped

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win the 2022 Danish Super League. In 2023, he re-signed for King's Lynn for the

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Highlights

*2005 Team Danish Championship winners *

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- Team U-21 World Championship 3rd place (5 points) *2006 Individual U-21 Danish Championship *2006 Individual U-19 Danish Championship *2006 Polish Under-21 Pairs Championship bronze medal *2006 Team Polish Championship winners *

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- Team U-21 World Championship 3rd place (12 points) *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

- Team U-21 World Championship 2nd place in Semi-Final A (8 points)'' *2007 Individual U-19 European Championship champion (14 points) *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

- Team U-21 World Championship 2nd place (12 points) *2008 Individual U-21 Danish Championship *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

- Team U-21 World Championship Runner-up (13 pts) *

- Individual U-21 World Championship - 6th place (10 pts)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klindt, Nicolai 1988 births Living people Danish speedway riders Individual Speedway Junior European Champions King's Lynn Stars riders Leicester Lions riders Peterborough Panthers riders Poole Pirates riders Scunthorpe Scorpions riders Sheffield Tigers riders Swindon Robins riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders Workington Comets riders

Career

Highlights

See also

References