Kurt Hansen (speedway rider)

Kurt Hansen

Born	2 October 1964 (1964-10-02) (age 61) Værløse, Denmark
Nationality	Danish
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]

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.