Michael Palm Toft

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Michael Palm Toft
Born (1990-07-26) 26 July 1990 (age 34)
Odense, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2008–2009, 2013–2017 Esbjerg
2010–2011, 2023 Outrup/Region Varde
2012 Fjelsted
2018 Holsted
Great Britain
2011–2013
2015–2017, 2023–2024		 Scunthorpe
2012, 2017–2019, 2023–2024 King's Lynn
2013, 2022 Plymouth
2014 Belle Vue
2015–2016, 2018
2021–2022		 Peterborough
2017 Somerset
2018 Leicester
2018–2021 Redcar
Poland
2023 Piła
Team honours
2021 tier 1 league champion
2012 tier 2 league champion
2023 Championship Knockout Cup
2018 SGB Championship Fours

Michael Palm Toft (born 26 July 1990) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. [1] [2]

Career

Palm Toft began his British career riding for the Scunthorpe Scorpions in 2011. [3] The following year he helped Scunthorpe win the 2012 Premier League title [4] In 2017, he captained Scunthorpe for the season.

He was part of the Peterborough Panthers team that won the SGB Championship Fours, which was held on 1 July 2018, at the Media Prime Arena. [5] [6]

In 2021, he rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Peterborough Panthers in the SGB Premiership 2021, in addition to the Redcar Bears in the SGB Championship 2021. [7] He rode at No 1 in the Peterborough team that won the SGB Premiership 2021.

In 2022, he rode for the Peterborough again, in the SGB Premiership 2022 and for the Plymouth Gladiators in the SGB Championship 2022. [7] In 2023, he returned to two previous clubs signing for King's Lynn Stars for the SGB Premiership 2023 [8] and the Scunthorpe Scorpions for the SGB Championship 2023, [9] where he helped the team win the Knockout Cup. [10]

He re-signed for King's Lynn for 2024 Premiership, [11] and Scunthorpe for the Championship season [12] but had a setback in June when he broke his collarbone riding for Scunthorpe at Berwick and subsequently required surgery. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "2021 PETERBOROUGH PANTHERS". Peterborough Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Michael Palm Toft". Scunthorpe Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Michael Palm Toft". WWOS backup. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "2018 Fours final" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Palm Toft is awesome, but Peterborough Panthers pair exit at the semi-final stage". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  7. 1 2 "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "KK back as Stars complete". British Speedway. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "MPT returns for Scorpions". British Speedway. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Cup joy for Scorpions". British Speedway. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Danish ace tips King's Lynn to mount play-off challenge in 2024". Lynn News. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "MPT & Mountain complete Scorpions". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "MPT under the knife". Speedway Star. 22 June 2024. p. 5.
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