Jan Simensen

Jan Simensen

Born	(1944-07-26) 26 July 1944 (age 80) Lammhult, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Sweden
1964-1965, 1973-1977	Dackarna
1966	Masarna
1967-1972	Lejonen
Great Britain
1970	Cradley Heathens
1971-1972	Coventry Bees
1972	Wolverhampton Wolves
Individual honours
1972	Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1968	Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion
1971	Midland Cup

Jan Simensen (born 26 July 1944) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. ^[1] He earned 25 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. ^[2]

Speedway career

Simensen rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1970 until 1972, riding for Cradley Heathens, ^{[3] [4]} Coventry Bees and Wolverhampton Wolves. ^{[5] [6]}

He competed in the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship. ^[7]

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1972 - London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - 2pts

World Team Cup

• 1972 - Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn (with Tommy Jansson / Anders Michanek / Christer Lofqvist / Göte Nordin) 4th - 18pts (3)

References

1. "Jan Simensen profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
3. "Swede No.2 for Cradley" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 12 June 1970. Retrieved 8 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Cradley Heath" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 3 March 1971. Retrieved 8 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
6. "Jan Simensen". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
7. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.