Born | Odense, Denmark | 14 June 1988
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Nationality | Danish |
Career history | |
Denmark | |
2006, 2011–2016 | Outrup |
2007–2009 | Holstebro |
2010 | Vojens |
2013–2015 | Munkebo |
Sweden | |
2015 | Smederna |
Great Britain | |
2008–2010 | Newcastle Diamonds |
2011–2012 | Coventry Bees |
2013 | Peterborough Panthers |
Poland | |
2011 | Kraków |
2012 | Ostrów |
2013 | Łódź |
2014–2015 | Rzeszów |
Individual honours | |
2010 | Premier League Riders' Champion |
Team honours | |
2010 | Premier Trophy |
2010 | Premier League Knockout Cup |
2010 | Premier League |
Kenni Arendt Larsen (born 14 June 1988), known as both Kenni Arendt and Kenni Larsen, is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. [1] [2]
Born in Odense, Denmark, Larsen began his British speedway career in 2008 with Newcastle Diamonds, the first of three seasons that he rode for the club. [3]
In 2010, he won the Premier Trophy, the Premier League Knockout Cup, and the Premier League play-offs with Newcastle. [3] He capped of a superb season by winning the Premier League Riders Championship, held on 26 September at Owlerton Stadium. [4]
In 2011, he moved up to the Elite League with Coventry Bees, staying with them in 2012 and captaining the team at Birmingham, a season in which he finished third in the team's averages. [3] [5] For 2013 he has signed for Peterborough Panthers. [6]
He has also raced in Denmark for Vojens and Outrup and also in Poland and Sweden. [7]
On 19 April 2016, Larsen was hospitalised and put into an induced coma after having a pellet removed from his brain following an apparent accident with an air gun. [8] He woke from the coma on 1 May. [9]