David Ruud

David Ruud

Born	(1980-01-21) January 21, 1980 (age 45)
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Sweden
2004–2005, 2012–2014	Vetlanda
2008–2014	Lejonen
2011	Gnistorna
Poland
2003	Częstochowa
2005	Piła
2006–2007 2009–2010	Gorzów
2008, 2013–2014	Ostrów
2011–2012	Grudziądz
Denmark
2008	Holstebro
Great Britain
2001, 2003	Poole
2003	Arena Essex
2004	Swindon
Individual honours
2001	Swedish U21 champion
Team honours
2003	World Cup
2003	Polish league champion

David Ruud (born January 21, 1980 ^{[1] [2]} ) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden who won 2003 Speedway World Cup with Sweden and earned 6 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. ^[3]

Career

Ruud signed for Poole Pirates for the 2001 Elite League speedway season before riding for Arena Essex Hammers in 2003. ^{[4] [5]}

Ruud was part of the Swedish team that won the 2003 Speedway World Cup final, held on 9 August in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark. ^{[6] [7]} The same season, Ruud won the Team Polish Championship (Speedway Ekstraliga) with Włókniarz Częstochowa during the 2003 Polish speedway season.

Results

World Championships

• Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix)
  • 2002 - 38th place (2 points in one event)
  • 2003 - 32nd place (4 points in one event)
• Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup)
  • 2003 - Vojens - World Champion (5 points)
• Individual U-21 World Championship
  • 2001 - Peterborough - 7th place (8 points)

European Championships

• Individual European Championship
  • 2002 - Rybnik - 9th place (7 points)
  • 2004 - Holsted - 11th place (6 points)
  • 2005 - Lonigo - 7th place (9 points)

See also

• Sweden national speedway team
• List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

1. Świat Żużla, No 1 (74) / 2008, pages 32-33, ISSN   1429-3285
2. Świat Żużla, No 2 (75) / 2008, page 25, ISSN   1429-3285
3. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
4. "Debut at last for Ruud". Colchester Gazette. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
5. "Update" . Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 8 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine ; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
7. "2003 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.