Patrick Hald Hougaard (born 23 May 1989)www.ddnp.co.uk
Retrieved on 2008-07-04. is a

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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 who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.

Career

Patrick Hougaard was born in

Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vejle. It was founded in 16 ...

to parents Søren and Dorthe. He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas. Hougaard won the Danish Under-21 championship in 2007, and first raced in the UK towards the end of the 2007 season, for

Reading Racers Reading Racers are a British motorcycle speedway team. Formed in 1968, they won four British League titles during their history. The club closed in October 2008 after the lease on Smallmead Stadium was sold and the site was demolished. In 2016 a ...

.2011 Rider Index
, speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-13 He signed for the

Belle Vue Aces The Belle Vue Aces are a British motorcycle speedway, speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, League championship 13 times. They currently compete ...

midway through the 2008 season on leaving school. He again won the Danish Under-21 title in 2009 and was part of the Danish team that won the under-21 team cup in 2010. He stayed with Belle Vue until the end of the 2012 season, joining

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 se ...

in 2013. In December 2013 he signed to ride for

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. The club returned to speedway for the 2011 Premier League season, moving up to the Elite League ...

in their debut Elite League season in 2014. He also signed to ride in Poland for

Polonia Bydgoszcz Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish sports club based in Bydgoszcz most known for its Motorcycle speedway, speedway team ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz which currently races in the Polish Speedway First League, 1. Liga. The club has won the Team Speedway Polish ...

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Speedway Grand Prix results

World Championships

* Individual U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Championship) ** ''

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- 10th place in Semi-final 2'' **

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- 8th place (8 pts) **

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- 3rd place (12+2 pts) * Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 Speedway World Cup) **

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- 3rd place (2 pts) ** ''

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- started in Qualifying Round 1 only'' ** ''

- 2nd place in Qualifying Round 1'' **

Holsted Holsted is a railway town located in the Vejen Municipality, in the Region of Southern Denmark. It was previously the seat of the Holsted Municipality. Transport Holsted is served by Holsted station, located on the Lunderskov-Esbjerg railw ...

- Runner-up (16 pts) **

- Gorzów Wlkp. - Runner-up (14 pts) **

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- Rye House - Under-21 World Champion (11 pts)

European Championships

* Individual European Championship **

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- 3rd place (11 pts) ** ''

- 12th place in Semi-Final 1'' * Individual U-19 European Championship **

- 16th place (3 pts) **

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...

- 13th place (5 pts) **

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- 4th place (11 pts) * Team U-19 European Championship **

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- 3rd place (13 pts)

Domestic competitions

* Individual Danish Championship ** 2005 - 11th place ** 2006 - 9th place ** 2007 - 9th place ** 2008 - 7th place * Individual U-21 Danish Championship ** 2005 - 3rd place ** 2006 - Runner-up ** 2007 - Danish Champion ** 2008 - Runner-up ** 2009 Danish Champion * Individual U-19 Nordic Championship ** 2006 - Nordic Champion *

Danish Speedway League The Danish Speedway League ( da, Dansk Speedway Liga) or Danish Super League or Metal League as it is called today is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Denmark. Roll of Honour List of teams to have finished in medal-winning positions: ...

** 2004 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted ** 2005 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted ** 2006 - Danish Champion for team with Fredericia ** 2007 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted * Team Polish Championship (

Speedway Ekstraliga The Speedway Ekstraliga ( en, Polish Extraleague, pl, Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Poland. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world", and attracts riders from all over th ...

) **

- Polish Champion with

Unia Leszno Unia Leszno are a motorcycle speedway team established in 1938 and based in Leszno, Poland. They compete in the Polish Ekstraliga and are the league champions from the 2018 Speedway Ekstraliga season. The team's home track is at the Stadion Alfr ...

References

External links

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