Stefan Leeder Nielsen (born 31 October 1994) is a British

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rider. Nielsen has a British mother and Danish father, and was born in

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)

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. He first rode speedway at the age of four and a half in Denmark and went on to ride for

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in the 80cc class. In 2010 he rode for

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in the Danish second division. He began his career in British speedway in 2011 with the Scunthorpe/Sheffield

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team, after attending a training school run by David Howe at Scunthorpe, winning the league championship with them that season.Rider Index
, speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 8 December 2013 In 2012 he signed for

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, and was part of the team that won the National League championship, National League Trophy, Knockout Cup, and Four-team Championship.Stefan Nielsen completes Somerset Rebels line-up for 2013 speedway season
, thisissomerset.co.uk, 15 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013 Also that year he won the British Under-19 Championship, a title that he retained in 2013, only the second rider to achieve that feat.Rowe, David (2013)
Stefan Nielsen turns on the style at Brandon
, '' Coventry Telegraph'', 23 September 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013 He also rode in fourteen matches for

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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 r ...

. In 2013 he stayed with the Fen Tigers and rode in the Premier League with

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, averaging close to five points but losing his place towards the end of the season.Crane, David (2013)
Stefan Nielsen ready for Speedway British Under-19 title defence
", ''Cambridge News'', 20 September 2013 In 2014 he signed for

Coventry Storm 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 ...

in the National League, whilst in the draft for Elite League reserves for 2014, Nielsen was picked by

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. Nielsen signed for the

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for the 2020 season. In 2022, he rode for the

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in the

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and for the

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in the

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. In 2023, he re-signed for Birmingham for the

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, in doing so he also became a club asset after they purchased his contract from Swindon.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nielsen, Stefan 1994 births Living people People from Esbjerg British speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders Birmingham Brummies riders Ipswich Witches riders Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders Plymouth Devils riders Poole Pirates riders Scunthorpe Scorpions riders Sheffield Tigers riders Somerset Rebels riders Swindon Robins riders