Kurt Hansen (speedway rider)

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Kurt Hansen
Born2 October 1964 (1964-10-02) (age 59)
Værløse, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
Great Britain
1984–1985 Halifax Dukes
Sweden
1986–1987 Lejonen
1989 Skepparna

Kurt Hansen (born 2 October 1964) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. [1] [2] He earned one cap for the Denmark national speedway team. [3]

Career

He competed in two finals of the Speedway Under-21 World Championship (known as the European Championship at the time). The first was as a reserve in the 1984 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and the second as an outright qualifier in the 1985 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, where he finished in 9th place. [4]

He only rode in the British leagues for two seasons (1984 and 1985) for the Halifax Dukes. [5] [6] [7]

He represented the Denmark national under-21 speedway team. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "H". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Backtracking (Volume 2)". Retro Speedway. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Individual Junior World Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Collins turns down Halifax" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 24 January 1984. Retrieved 29 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Kurt Hansen". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Team taking shape as new season looms" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 21 February 1985. Retrieved 29 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Sweden U21 v Denmark U21". International Speedway. Retrieved 4 April 2023.


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