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Born | Vejle, Denmark | 5 September 1988
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Nationality | Danish |
Website | leonmadsenracing |
Career history | |
Denmark | |
2004–2006, 2013–2014 | Slangerup |
2007–2008, 2016–2017 | Holstebro |
2009–2010 | Brovst |
2011–2012 | Esbjerg |
2021–2022 | Nordjysk |
2023–2024 | SES |
Poland | |
2006 | Grudziądz |
2008-2010 | Wrocław |
2011-2013 | Unia Tarnów |
2014 | Gdańsk |
2015-2016 | Unia Tarnów |
2017-2023 | Częstochowa |
Sweden | |
2012, 2014, 2018 | Vetlanda |
2023 | Dackarna |
Great Britain | |
2009-2010 | Poole |
Speedway Grand Prix statistics | |
SGP Number | 30 |
Starts | 58 |
Finalist | 20 times |
Winner | 4 times |
Individual honours | |
2019, 2022 | Speedway World Championship runner-up |
2018, 2022 | European Champion |
Team honours | |
2020, 2021 | World team championship bronze |
2023 | Speedway World Cup bronze |
Leon Daniel Madsen (born 5 September 1988) [1] is a Danish speedway rider who is twice a World Championship silver medalist. [2] [3]
Born in Vejle, Madsen won the 80cc junior World Championship in 2001.
In 2018, Madsen won the Individual Speedway European Championship for the first time. The following year in 2019, he won the silver medal in the Speedway World Championship, finishing runner-up in the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix behind Bartosz Zmarzlik. He won three Grand Prix events during the 2019 Championship.
He was part of the Denmark national speedway team that won consecutive bronze medals at the 2020 Speedway of Nations and 2021 Speedway of Nations. In 2022, he returned to top form, winning the European Championship for the second time and once again finising runner-up behind Bartosz Zmarzlik in the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix. [4]
In 2023, he was part of the Danish team that won the bronze medal in the 2023 Speedway World Cup final. [5] He also won the silver medal at the 2023 Speedway European Championship. [6] Despite an inconsistent 2023 Grand Prix campaign, he did win the Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark on 16 September and finished the season strongly to take fifth place in the World Championship [7] and ensure his place in the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix. [8]
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