Simon Nielsen (born 1 October 1990) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.

Career

Born in Stenlille, Nielsen won 2005 Individual Speedway FIM Youth Gold Trophy 80 cc, unofficial U-16 World Championship. He rode in the Denmark U-19 national team. In 2011, he came to the UK to try to get a team place and got a place in the

Workington Comets The Workington Comets are a British speedway club, based in Workington, Cumbria, racing out of the Northside Training Track. The team previously operated from 1970 to 2018 and were based at Derwent Park Stadium which they shared with Workingt ...

team towards the end of the season. In December 2011 he was announced as the final member of the 2012

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 ...

team in the British

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...

. After an injury early in the season, he showed good form before suffering a broken

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in a crash with team mate

Jari Mäkinen Jari Aulis Mäkinen (born 13 June 1990) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Finland. Career Born in Hämeenkyrö, Mäkinen took up speedway at the age of eight. He has ridden for several teams in Sweden (including current team Rospiggarna) ...

on 23 June.Nielsen Breaks Femur
, speedwaygb.co, 24 June 2012, retrieved 2012-06-24 Simon re-signed for

for the 2013 Premier League season. In May 2013 he was dropped by the Lions with his place going to Alex Edberg. In June he signed for

Plymouth Devils The Plymouth Gladiators are a speedway team in the British SGB Championship. Under several names Plymouth have competed during various seasons from 1932. The club was reformed after a gap of thirty-six years in 2006 by former St Austell Gulls ...

. In 2014 he signed for

Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds were a motorcycle speedway team that raced in the SGB Championship, every Sunday night during the season (March–October) from their home at the Newcastle Stadium on the Fossway, Byker. The Stadium, previously known as Broug ...

, staying with the team for 2015.

Results

European Championships

* Individual U-19 European Championship **

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- Stralsund - 10th place (7 pts) ** '' 2009 - 18th place in Semi-Final 2 (injury)'' * Team U-19 European Championship **

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- 3rd place (4 pts) ** 2009 -

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- 3rd place (1 pt)

Domestic competitions

* Team Polish Championship **

- 1st place in Second League (Average 0.750 in 4 heats) for

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** 2009 - '' First League for

References

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Career

Results

European Championships

Domestic competitions

See also

References