Hans Clausen

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Hans Clausen
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Born (1971-07-02) 2 July 1971 (age 53)
Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2000–2001 Outrup
Great Britain
1993–1997, 2002 Peterborough
Poland
1999 Opole
2000–2001 Ostrów
2002 Grudziądz
Individual honours
2001 Danish Champion

Hans Clausen (born 2 July 1971) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. [1] He earned 8 caps for the Denmark national speedway team. [2]

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Career

Clausen rode in the British leagues for Peterborough Panthers, [3] from 1993 [4] [5] to 1997 and again in 2002.

He rode in 2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark and 2001 Speedway World Cup. Clausen won Individual Speedway Danish Championship in 2001. [6]

Since 2006 Hans Clausen is the team manager and chief mechanic of Danish Renault Clio Cup team, DanAgro Racing.

Speedway Grand Prix results

2001 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 23)
Race no.Grand PrixPos.Pts.HeatsDraw No
3 /6 Flag of Denmark.svg Danish SGP 136(1,2,3) (0,1)23
 permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
 rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

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References

  1. "Hans Clausen Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. "Pride of Panthers" . Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 2 March 1995. Retrieved 27 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Panthers pounce to snap up Eric" . Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. 19 March 1993. Retrieved 29 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Time for Denmark to regain pride" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 29 May 1993. Retrieved 29 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Speedyway Denmark Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)