Michael Jepsen Jensen

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Michael Jepsen Jensen
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Born (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 32)
Grindsted, Denmark
NicknameLiglad
NationalityDanish
Website Official website
Career history
Denmark
2009–2011 Vojens
2012–2015 Grindsted
2019 Region Varde
2016–2018, 2021–2024 Slangerup
Poland
2010–2011, 2017 Toruń
2012, 2016 Gorzów
2013-2014 Częstochowa
2015 Wrocław
2018-2020 Zielona Góra
2021 Rybnik
2022 Gniezno
2023 Gdańsk
2024 Grudziądz
Great Britain
2011-2012 Peterborough
2014 Coventry
Sweden
2010-2011 Vargarna
2012–2016 Dackarna
2017–2024 Smederna
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
Starts27
Finalist2 times
Winner1 times
Individual honours
2012 Under-21 World Champion
2012 Nordic Grand Prix Champion
Team honours
2010, 2013 Team U-21 World Champion
2012 Team World Champion
2016 Polish league champion
2017, 2018, 2019 Swedish league champion
2024 Danish league champion

Michael Jepsen Jensen (born 18 February 1992) [1] is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. [2] [3]

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Career

Jepsen Jensen was part of the 2010 Under-21 World Cup winning Denmark team.

He peaked in 2012, winning the 2012 Speedway World Cup with the Denmark national speedway team and winning the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Nordic becoming the first wildcard to have won a GP meeting since Hans Andersen. In the Nordic Grand Prix he defeated Nicki Pedersen, Emil Sayfutdinov and Jason Crump in the final. [4] [5] [6] Later that year in November 2012, he won the Individual Under-21 World Championship. [7]

In 2013, Jepsen won a second gold medal at 2013 Team Speedway Junior World Championship as part of the U21 Danish team. He then secured a permanent place in the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix, finishing 11th with 84 points. [8]

In 2022, he helped Smederna win the Swedish Speedway Team Championship during the 2022 campaign [9] and continued to ride for them in 2023 and 2024. [10] Jepsen Jensen helped Slangerup win the Danish Speedway League during the 2024 Danish speedway season. [11]

Major results

World individual Championship

Grand Prix wins

World U21 Championships

European Championships

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2010, pages 14–15, ISSN   1429-3285
  2. ↑ "Michael Jepsen Jensen Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Sensacyjne zwycięstwo Jensena! - relacja z Grand Prix Nordyckiego" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Świat Żużla, No 4 (92) 2012, page 61 ISSN   1429-3285
  6. ↑ "Wild Card Jepsen Jensen Win Nordic SGP, Holder Maintains Championship Lead". Full Noise. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Michael Jepsen Jensen took over at the top of the World Under-21 Final standings". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Michael Jepsen Jensen". Sports debear. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Smederna signs MJJ for 2024". FIM. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "MJJ stars as Slangerup ends 13-year Danish title drought". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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