Kenneth Hansen (speedway rider)

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Kenneth Hansen
Born (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987 (age 36)
Herlev, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2004–2018, 2022–2023 Slangerup
2021 Holsted
Sweden
2006 Vargarna
2022–2024 Griparna
Great Britain
2007, 2015 Workington
2007-2008, 2016 Wolverhampton
2009, 2017 Peterborough
2014 Coventry
2016 King's Lynn
Poland
2006 Miskolc
2007 Lublin
2008 Gorzów
2009-2011, 2018 Krosno
2012 Daugavpils
2013-2015 Kraków
2017 Ostrów
2020 Rzeszów
2022-2023 Tarnów
Individual honours
2023 Long Track World Championship bronze medal
Team honours
2006 U-21 World Cup bronze medal

Kenneth Kruse Hansen (born 19 October 1987 in Herlev, Denmark) [1] is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. [2] [3]

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Career

Hansen represented Denmark in the 2006 Under-21 Speedway World Cup in Rybnik and won a bronze medal. [4]

He started the 2007 season with the Workington Comets [5] in the Premier League but lost his place after sustaining a broken wrist. [6] He did however reach the final of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship in 2007. [7]

It was announced in 2008 that the Wolverhampton Wolves had signed Hansen [8] on a full contract. [9] He spent both the 2007 and 2008 seasons with the Midlands club before switching to Peterborough Panthers for the 2009 Elite League speedway season. [3]

He concentrated on riding in Poland for the next few years before returning to Britain to ride for the Coventry Bees in the 2014 Elite League speedway season. [3] He would spend two more seasons with Workington in 2015 and 2016 but since 2018, rides in the Danish league, Swedish league and Polish league.

In 2023, he claimed a bronze medal in the 2023 Individual Long Track World Championship. [10]

Family

His brother-in-law Lars Munkedal was a professional speedway rider. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN   978-0-7524-4250-1
  2. ↑ "Kenneth Kruse Hansen Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2015 Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "2006 World Under 21 Team Cup Final". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "I can fire up the Comets". News and Star. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Danish Blues". News and Star. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Wolverhampton sign Danish rider". BBC. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  9. ↑ "Happy Hansen in Monmore Return". BSPA. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
  10. ↑ "Home hero Smolinski races to 2023 FIM Long Track World Championship". FIM.
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