Hans Nørgaard Andersen (born 3 November 1980, in

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, Denmark) is a former

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rider, who captained the

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that won the

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and

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Career summary

Andersen was a Danish Junior Champion in 1996 and reached the final of the

1999 Speedway Under-21 World Championship The 1999 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 23rd edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The final was won by Lee Richardson (speedway rider), Lee Richardson of England. By winning the championship ...

, where he finished fourth. He began his British league career when he joined

Poole Pirates Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Poole Speedway is promoted by l ...

for the 2001 Elite League speedway season. He spent 2002 with Poole before securing a move to

Peterborough Panthers The Peterborough Panthers were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Peterborough, England from 1970 to 2023. They were three times List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest lev ...

in 2003. During 2004 and 2005 he rode for

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and was an established member of the Danish national team as well as a regular rider in the

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. He won his first Grand Prix race during the

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, when he won the Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia. Despite being originally left out of the 2006 Speedway Grand Prix series, he replaced the retired

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, eventually winning two Grand Prix meetings and finishing sixth in the final standings. He also became only the third rider to win a GP as a wild card. Hans Andersen 2007 Peterborough motorcycle speedway

Hans Andersen 2007 Peterborough motorcycle speedway

In 2006, he returned to Peterborough and impressed by recording a 10 plus average in both 2006 and 2007 for them. He won his first World Cup gold medal for Denmark when the team won the

2006 Speedway World Cup The 2006 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 6th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 22 July 2006 in the Smallmead Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, England. The tournament was won by Denmark (45 pts) and they beat Sweden (37 pts ...

. In 2007, Andersen became Danish National Champion for the first time. Andersen left his British club,

, mid-season in July 2008 after it emerged that the club had not paid him wages amounting to several thousand pounds. Shortly afterwards he signed for

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and teamed up with Chris Harris to win the

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. he won his fourth and final Grand Prix race during the

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, when he won the

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. He also won his second World Cup with Denmark after winning the

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. Andersen rode for the Poole Pirates in 2009, and moved on to join the

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for the 2010 season. He returned to the Peterborough Panthers team towards the end of the 2011 season, replacing

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. Andersen led Swindon Robins to Elite League glory in 2012, and on 28 January he eventually was able to ride for the Wiltshire side again in 2013 following a winter-long battle with parent club Peterborough. In 2016, he signed for

, and he was with them again in 2017. He was with

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in 2018 before riding with Peterborough in 2019. In July 2021, Anderson re-signed for the Leicester Lions in the Championship. In 2022, he rode for Peterborough again, in the SGB Premiership 2022 and for the

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in the

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and signed again for Peterborough for the

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season. Unfortunately, his form dipped and Peterborough released him but shortly afterwards

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came in to sign him as an injury replacement. He announced his retirement on 30 January 2024.

Major results

World individual Championship

* 2002 Speedway Grand Prix - 30th - 1 pt * 2003 Speedway Grand Prix - 17th - 41 pts *

- 9th - 80 pts including ( Scandinavian) grand prix win *

2005 Speedway Grand Prix The 2005 Speedway Grand Prix was the 60th edition of the official World Championship and the 11th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. Event format The format was changed for GP 2005 with 16 ri ...

- 12th - 64 pts * 2006 Speedway Grand Prix - 6th - 101 pts including (

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, and

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) grand prix wins *

2007 Speedway Grand Prix The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix was the 62nd edition of the official World Championship and the 13th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Championship, Speedway World Champion. It was the first under the promotion ...

- 5th - 107 pts *

- 5th - 139 pts including (

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) grand prix win *

2009 Speedway Grand Prix The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix was the 64th edition of the official World Championship and the 15th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Speedway World Championship. It is the third series unde ...

- 10th - 91 pts *

2010 Speedway Grand Prix The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix was the 65th edition of the official World Championship and the 16th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the tenth se ...

- 12th -86 pts *

2012 Speedway Grand Prix The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 67th edition of the official World Championship and the 18th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the twelfth series under the promotion of Benfield ...

- 10th -69 pts

World team Championships

2002 Speedway World Cup The 2002 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 2nd Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 10 August 2002 in Peterborough, England. The tournament was won by Australia national speedway tea ...

- 2nd *

2003 Speedway World Cup The 2003 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 3rd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 9 August 2003 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by Sweden (62 pts) and they beat Australia (57 points), host team Denmark (53 pts) a ...

- 3rd *

2004 Speedway World Cup The 2004 Speedway World Cup was the 4th Speedway World Cup, FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 7 August 2004 in Poole, England. The tournament was won by Sweden national speedway team, Sweden (49 pts) and they beat host team, ...

- 3rd * 2005 Speedway World Cup - 3rd *

- Winner *

2007 Speedway World Cup The 2007 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 21 July 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland (55 pts) and they beat defending cha ...

- 2nd *

- Winner *

2009 Speedway World Cup The 2009 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the ninth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2009 in sports, 2009 in Leszno, Poland. The defending World Champions were Denmark na ...

- 6th *

2010 Speedway World Cup The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the tenth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international Motorcycle speedway, speedway world championship tournament. It was o ...

- 2nd * 2011 Speedway World Cup - *

2013 Speedway World Cup The 2013 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the thirteenth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international Motorcycle speedway, speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 13 July an ...

- * 2014 Speedway World Cup - *

2016 Speedway World Cup The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the sixteenth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international Motorcycle speedway, speedway world championship tournament. It took place betw ...

Speedway Grand Prix results

References