Henry Andersen (speedway rider)

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Henry Andersen
NationalityNorwegian
Career history
1951Fantomene
Individual honours
1950 Norwegian Championship
1955 Speedway World Championship finalist
1955 European champion

Henry Andersen (1926-1999) also known as Henry 'Stompa' Andersen was a speedway rider from Norway. [1]

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Speedway career

Andersen was a former champion of Norway, winning the Norwegian Championship in 1950. [2]

He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1955 Individual Speedway World Championship. [3] [4] He was also the 1955 European champion. [5]

Andersen did not ride in the Britiah leagues but did tour the United Kingdom with the Norway national speedway team in 1951 [6] and the Fantomene club the same season. [7]

Individual World Championship

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References

  1. ↑ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Norway National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Nygren fails, 2 British riders fail" . Bristol Evening Post. 5 July 1955. Retrieved 6 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "European Champions". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Speedway" . Liverpool Echo. 21 May 1951. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Birmingham's speedway win" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 10 October 1951. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.


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