Kenneth Hansen (speedway rider)

Kenneth Hansen
Born (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987 (age 37)
Herlev, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2004–2018, 2022–2023Slangerup
2021Holsted
Sweden
2006Vargarna
2022–2024Griparna
Great Britain
2007, 2015Workington
2007-2008, 2016Wolverhampton
2009, 2017Peterborough
2014Coventry
2016King's Lynn
Poland
2006Miskolc
2007Lublin
2008Gorzów
2009-2011, 2018Krosno
2012Daugavpils
2013-2015Kraków
2017Ostrów
2020Rzeszów
2022-2023Tarnów
Individual honours
2023Long Track World Championship bronze medal
Team honours
2006U-21 World Cup bronze medal

Kenneth Kruse Hansen (born 19 October 1987 in Herlev, Denmark)[1] is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.[2][3]

Career

Hansen represented Denmark in the 2006 Under-21 Speedway World Cup in Rybnik and won a bronze medal.[4]

He started the 2007 season with the Workington Comets[5] in the Premier League but lost his place after sustaining a broken wrist.[6] He did however reach the final of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship in 2007.[7]

It was announced in 2008 that the Wolverhampton Wolves had signed Hansen[8] on a full contract.[9] He spent both the 2007 and 2008 seasons with the Midlands club before switching to Peterborough Panthers for the 2009 Elite League speedway season.[3]

He concentrated on riding in Poland for the next few years before returning to Britain to ride for the Coventry Bees in the 2014 Elite League speedway season.[3] He would spend two more seasons with Workington in 2015 and 2016 but since 2018, rides in the Danish league, Swedish league and Polish league.

In 2023, he claimed a bronze medal in the 2023 Individual Long Track World Championship.[10]

Family

His brother-in-law Lars Munkedal was a professional speedway rider.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
  2. ^ "Kenneth Kruse Hansen Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "2015 Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ "2006 World Under 21 Team Cup Final". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. ^ "I can fire up the Comets". News and Star. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.[dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Danish Blues". News and Star. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.[dead link‍]
  7. ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Wolverhampton sign Danish rider". BBC. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  9. ^ "Happy Hansen in Monmore Return". BSPA. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
  10. ^ "Home hero Smolinski races to 2023 FIM Long Track World Championship". FIM.