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Jesper Knudsen (speedway Rider)
Jesper Knudsen (born 11 July 2004) is a speedway rider from Denmark. Speedway career Knudsen is a product of the Skaerbaek Motor Club and was the 250cc world champion in 2020. He signed for Unia Leszno in the Polish Ekstraliga. In 2022, he achieved his greatest feat to date after winning the European Individual Junior Championship in Hungary. Family His older brother Jonas Knudsen Jonas Bruun Knudsen (born 16 September 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Malmö FF and the Denmark national team. He played for Esbjerg fB from 2009 before signing with Ipswich Town in 2015. He is known ... is also a professional speedway rider. References Living people 2004 births Danish speedway riders {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ribe
Ribe () is a town in south-west Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,257 (2022). It is the seat of the Diocese of Ribe covering southwestern Jutland. Until 1 January 2007, Ribe was the seat of both a surrounding municipality and county. It is now part of the enlarged Esbjerg Municipality in the Region of Southern Denmark. History The town was a center of commercial activity in the early 8th century, and this may have originated with royal influence. Coins may have been struck there in 720. Whichever king was involved in the digging of the Kanhave Canal may have been involved in the establishment of Ribe also. Trade contacts were mostly with Frisia and England. Of the over 300 sceatas found in Denmark, 216 come from in or around Ribe, most of them the Wodan type, and these were likely minted in Ribe in the early eighth century. The Ancient Diocese of Ribe was established in 948 with the consecration of Leofdag of Ribe as its first bishop. Early in the ninth century a 2- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unia Leszno
Unia Leszno are a motorcycle speedway team established in 1938 and based in Leszno, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill .... They compete in the Polish Ekstraliga and are the league champions from the 2018 Speedway Ekstraliga season. The team's home track is at the Stadion Alfreda Smoczyka. Current Squad Honours Team Polish Champions *Gold: 18* (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1979, 1980, 1984*, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) *Silver: 8 (1948, 1977, 1982, 1983, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2014) *Bronze: 7 (1958, 1962, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1986) Pair Polish Champion *Gold: 8 (1980, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2003, 2012, 2015,2020 *Silver: 8 (1978, 1982, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2008, 2016) *Bronze: 2 (2007, 2009) Individual Polish Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Individual Speedway Junior Championship
The European Individual Speedway Junior Championship is an annual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) since 1998. Championship History Between 1977 and 1988 the FIM) held the Speedway European Under 21 Championship. After deciding to allow non-European competitors, the competition was renamed the World Under 21 Championship. The European Junior Championship was then inaugurated in 1998, under the control of the European Motorcycle Union FIM Europe (Formerly the Union Européenne de Motocyclisme (UEM) or European Motorcycle Union) is the FIM-affiliated organisation responsible for motorcycle sport within Europe. In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIM Europe suspe ... (UEM). It was held for riders under 21 years of age. In 2021, the age limit was reduced from under 21 years of age to under 19 years of age (there had been an under 19 championship previously). Age limit *1998 to 2020 (under 21) *2021 to present (under 19) Previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of soil, dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekstraliga (speedway)
The Speedway Ekstraliga ( en, Polish Extraleague, pl, Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Poland. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world", and attracts riders from all over the world. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland.Kevin Meynell & Marcin Babnis (7 July 2004)History of Polish Speedway. Main competitions. Rules.Retrieved 25 October 2014. With the fall of communism in Poland in the 1990s and the resultant sharp increase in the value of the Złoty, the sport began to attract a wider range of star riders from other countries. The first of these was Denmark's Hans Nielsen. In 2000, the First Division was renamed Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced. Since 2015 the official sponsor of Ekstraliga is the Polish energy company PGE, which signed the financial contract for three consecutive seasons in 2021. The top division is called the PGE Ekstraliga. 2022 PGE E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Knudsen (speedway Rider)
Jonas Knudsen (born 4 August 2001) is a speedway rider from Denmark. Speedway career Knudsen began his British speedway career riding for the Berwick Bandits in the SGB Championship 2022. His debut had been delayed significantly following work permit issues. In 2022, Knudsen competed in the Under-21 World Championship scoring 14 points. In 2023, he re-signed for Berwick for the SGB Championship 2023. Family His younger brother Jesper Knudsen Jesper Knudsen may refer to: * Jesper Knudsen (painter) * Jesper Knudsen (badminton) Jesper Knudsen (born 22 November 1960) is a former Danish badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a ne ... is also a professional speedway rider. References Living people 2001 births Danish speedway riders Berwick Bandits riders {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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2004 Births
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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