Born | Esbjerg, Denmark | 2 March 1954
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Nationality | Danish |
Career history | |
1975-1976 | King's Lynn Stars |
Team honours | |
1975 | World Pairs bronze medal |
Jan Rene Henningsen (born 2 March 1954) is a former international speedway rider from Denmark. [1] He earned two caps for the Denmark national speedway team. [2]
Henningsen won a bronze medal in the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship in the 1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship. [3]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1975 to 1976, [4] [5] after signing for King's Lynn Stars despite Coventry Bees initially trying to capture his signature. [6]
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