Per Sørensen

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Per Sorensen
Born20 June 1962 (1962-06-20) (age 63)
Sundbylille, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
1990 Slangerup
Great Britain
1983–1986 Swindon Robins
1986 Oxford Cheetahs
Sweden
1987, 1991 Dackarna
1990 Skepparna
Team honours
1986 1986 British League season treble winners
1990 Allsvenskan Div 1 Champion

Per Sorensen (born 20 June 1962) is a former international speedway rider from Denmark. [1] [2] He earned 3 caps for the Denmark national speedway team. [3]

Speedway career

Sorensen signed for Swindon Robins in 1983 [4] and rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1983 to 1986.

When Finn Thomsen joined Swindon for the 1986 season, Sorensen was forced out of the team. [5] Oxford Cheetahs signed him and partnered him with Hans Nielsen, a move that helped the Oxford team achieve the treble winning season of 1986. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Per Sorensen". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Fit-Again Morton Set to boost the Tigers" . Star Green 'un. 18 June 1983. Retrieved 31 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Finn flies in for his debut" . Western Daily Press. 15 May 1986. Retrieved 31 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ Bamford/Shailes, Robert/Glynn (2007). The Story of Oxford Speedway. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 134–135. ISBN   978-0-7524-4161-0.
  7. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 27 July 2021.


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