Finn Jensen (speedway rider)

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Finn Jensen
Born (1957-01-09) 9 January 1957 (age 67)
Haderslev, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
1975–1976Haderslev
Great Britain
1977–1981 Birmingham Brummies
1981–1983 Leicester Lions
1983 Reading Racers
1984–1985 Cradley Heathens
Individual honours
1975 Danish Under-21 Champion
1978 European Junior Champion
Team honours
1984League Cup Winner
1984 Midland Cup Winner

Finn Rune Jensen (born 9 January 1957) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. He earned nine international caps for the Denmark national speedway team. [1]

Biography

Born in Haderslev, Denmark, Jensen started his speedway career at Ole Olsen's training school at Stoke in 1974. [2] He joined the Haderslev Motorsport Club (Hvepserne) on his return to Denmark and finished in tenth place in the 1974 Danish Junior Championship. [2] The following year, only his second in speedway, he won the championship, scoring 15 points. [2]

He was taken on by the Birmingham Brummies in 1977, [3] where he spent four years, also winning the European Junior Championship at the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo during 1978. [4] He represented Denmark several times in international matches. [5] In 1981 he moved to Leicester Lions, scoring eight points on his debut. [4] He was a regular member of the Lions team until a poor spell in 1983 saw him loaned to Reading Racers. [4] His form picked up and he returned for the end of the season, but with the demise of the Lions at the end of 1983, he moved on to Cradley Heathens in 1984. After two seasons with the Heathens, he retired from speedway.

He has since found success as an engine tuner. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Oakes, Peter (1976) Who's Who of World Speedway, Studio Publications, ISBN   0-904584-04-6, p. 151
  3. ↑ "New boy Jensen carries hopes of Brummies" . Sports Argus. 30 July 1977. Retrieved 29 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 3 Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 169
  5. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1979) 1979 Speedway Yearbook, Studio Publications, ISBN   978-0-904584-60-8, p. 99
  6. ↑ Staniszewski, Marek (2011) "Gwiazdy i zapomniani żużlowcy", onet.pl, 16 November 2011, retrieved 2011-11-20
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