The 2023 Danish Speedway season was the 2023 season of

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 ...

in Denmark.

Individual

Individual Championship

The 2023 Danish Individual Speedway Championship was the 2023 edition of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship. The final was held at the

Slangerup Speedway Center Slangerup Speedway Center is a motorcycle speedway facility located on the western outskirts of Slangerup, Denmark. The track is on the Hørup Skovvej road. The stadium is the home track for the Slangerup Speedway Klub. History The track opene ...

on 21 June 2023.

Mikkel Michelsen Mikkel Michelsen (born 19 August 1994) is a Danish speedway rider. Career Born in Nykøbing Falster, Michelsen took up speedway at the age of 6, and went on to win the Junior World Cup in both 2008 and 2009.Laursen Brock, Jeppe (2013)Speedway ...

won the title on his home track.

Grand Prix Qualifier

The 2023 Danish Grand Prix Qualifier was the 2023 edition of the Danish qualifier for the

2024 Speedway Grand Prix The 2024 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 30th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 79th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the third series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. A new sprint race was introduced at sele ...

. The final was held at Vojens on 5 April and the top four riders qualified for the

2024 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification The 2024 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification or GP Challenge was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings held during 2023 to determine the riders that qualified for the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted ...

stage.

U21 Championship

Emil Breum Emil Breum Ankersen (born 16 January 2002) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career Breum reached the final of the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship. In 2022, he won the bronze medal in the Danish U21 Champions ...

won the Under 21 Championship.

Team

Danish Speedway League The Danish Speedway League () or Danish Super League or Metal League as it is called today is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Denmark. In 1955, the idea of a Danish Tournament for teams surfaced. The Danish Speedway League began in ...

Seven teams competed in a round robin of fixtures from 19 April to 30 August, to determine the league placings for the semi-final and super final rounds. Esbjerg Vikings won the Danish title for 11th time. Semi-finals (teams ranked 3–6) 6 Sep Super Final (20 Sep)

Teams

Esbjerg *

Luke Becker Luke Becker (born 11 February 1999) is a motorcycle speedway rider from the United States. Career Becker began his British career riding for Wolverhampton Wolves in 2019. Unable to ride during 2020 because of Covid-19 cancelled season, he conti ...

Niels Kristian Iversen Niels Kristian Trochmann Iversen (, born 20 June 1982 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a seven times national champion of Denmark and was part of the Danish teams that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006 ...

Jonas Jeppesen Jonas Jeppesen (born 3 January 1998) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. Career He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Somerset Rebels in the SGB Premiership 2018, in addition to riding for Ipswich Witches. He was a fi ...

* Andreas Kaag Jensen *

Jonas Knudsen Jonas Hjort Knudsen (born 16 September 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender. He played for Esbjerg fB from 2009 before signing with Ipswich Town in 2015. He is known for his long throws and in Denmark his throws ha ...

* Matias Nielsen * Chris Wænnerstrøm Fjelsted * Hans Andersen * Kasper Andersen * Adam Ellis *

Thomas Jørgensen Thomas Jørgensen may refer to: * Thomas Jørgensen (speedway rider) * Thomas Jørgensen (footballer) {{hndis, Jørgensen, Thomas ...

Peter Kildemand Peter Kildemand (born 1 September 1989) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark and was a member of the Danish national team. He is a two-time Speedway Grand Prix winner. Career Kildemand started riding in Britain for Workington Comets ...

* Norbert Krakowiak *

Andžejs Ļebedevs Andžejs Ļebedevs (born 4 November 1994) is a Latvian speedway rider. Career Ļebedevs finished in 16th place during the 2022 Speedway World Championship, after securing 26 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix. He was selected as a ...

* Marius Nielsen *

Rasmus Pedersen Rasmus Lund Pedersen (born 9 July 1998) is a Danish road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He competed at the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning a bronze medal. Major results Road ;2015 : 1st Ro ...

* Stian Vithen Grindsted *

Kenneth Bjerre Kenneth Bjerre Jensen (born 24 May 1984 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is a Danish international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 17 caps for the Denmark national speedway team. Career Bjerre began his Polish league career in 2001 for Ostrów. The ...

Francis Gusts Francis Gusts (born 2 January 2003) is an international speedway rider from Latvia. Speedway career Gusts became the European Junior Champion after winning the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in his home country. Duri ...

Patrick Hansen Patrick Hansen (born 28 October 1998) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career He rode in the Individual Speedway European Championship The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organiz ...

* Esben Hjerrild * Nick Morris * Przemyslaw Pawlicki * Kevin Juhl Pedersen * Emil Pørtner * Rune Thorst *

Kevin Wölbert Kevin Wölbert (born 14 June 1989) is a German motorcycle speedway rider who has won the Individual German Championship title three times. Career history When Max Dilger was injured, Wölbert was nominated as second track reserve at the 200 ...

Matej Žagar Matej Žagar (born 3 April 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won two Individual Speedway European Champion titles in 2008 Individual Speedway European Championship, 2008 and 2009 Individual Speedway E ...

Holsted * Nicklas Aagaard *

René Bach René Bach (born 7 June 1990, in Hjordkær, Rødekro) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career He was a member of the Denmark U-21 national team. He started his British leagues career in 2009, joining the Newcastle Diamonds f ...

Patrick Bæk Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

Lasse Bjerre Lasse Bjerre Jensen (born 31 October 1993) is a speedway rider who won the 2010 Under-21 World Cup with the Denmark team. Biography Bjerre was born in Esbjerg, Denmark in 1993. His brother, Kenneth (born 1984), is also a speedway rider. They ...

* Rasmus Jensen * Bastian Pedersen * Kevin Juhl Pedersen *

Nicki Pedersen Nicki Pedersen (born 2 April 1977) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three time world champion having won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008. He has also won the World Cup with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. Car ...

* Claus Vissing Region Varde *

Norick Blödorn Norick Blödorn (born 1 June 2004) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Germany. Career He competed in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Belle Vue Aces in the SGB Premiership 2022, where he won a league title. In 2022, he beca ...

* Nicolai Heiselberg *

Frederik Jakobsen Frederik Jakobsen (born 1 May 1998) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career In 2018, Jakobsen rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Poole Pirates in the SGB Premiership 2018. He was a finalist in the 2018 and 2 ...

* Sam Jensen * Timo Lahti * Michael Palm Toft *

Josh Pickering Joshua Pickering (born 30 November 1996) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. Career He began his British speedway career riding for Edinburgh in 2017. He began his championship average at the assessed 5.00 and completed the season wit ...

* Tim Sørensen *

Antti Vuolas Antti Vuolas (born 23 August 1999) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Finland. Career Vuolas twice won the bronze medal at the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship in 2018 and 2022. In 2022, he rode for Region Varde during the 2022 Da ...

Grzegorz Zengota Grzegorz Zengota (born 29 August 1988) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider. Biography Zengota was born on 29 August 1988, in Zielona Góra. He was a member of Poland U-21 national team. He has won Under-21 Speedway World Cup twice, in ...

SES * Mikkel Andersen *

Benjamin Basso Benjamin Basso (born 2 July 2001) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. Speedway career Basso, who was a World Youth champion was signed by Poole Pirates during the SGB Championship 2021 season as a replacement for Ondřej Smetana, who had f ...

Oliver Berntzon Oliver Berntzon (born 2 August 1993) is an international speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Berntzon won the silver medal at the Swedish Championship in 2018. He qualified for the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix and the 2021 Speedway G ...

* Adrian Gala * Mads Hansen *

Nicolai Klindt Nicolai Klindt (born 29 December 1988) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider who won the 2007 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, 2007 Individual Under-19 European title. Career In 2006, Klindt won the Danish Under 21 Individua ...

* Jesper Knudsen *

Leon Madsen Leon Daniel Madsen (born 5 September 1988) is a Danish speedway rider who is twice a World Championship silver medalist. Career Born in Vejle, Madsen won the 80cc junior World Championship in 2001. In 2018, Madsen won the Individual Spee ...

* Jannik Sørensen * Anders Thomsen Slangerup * Bastian Borke * William Drejer * Kenneth Kruse Hansen *

Andreas Lyager Andreas Lyager Hansen (born 1 December 1997) is a speedway rider from Denmark. Speedway career Lyager joined Scunthorpe Scorpions for the 2015 Premier League speedway season and 2016 Premier League speedway season. Lyager reached two finals ...

Michael Jepsen Jensen Michael Jepsen Jensen (born 18 February 1992) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. 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 th ...

* Vilads Nagel * Oskar Polis *

Keynan Rew Keynan Rew (born 2003) is an international speedway rider from Australia. Speedway career Rew took up riding at the age of seven and his father Dwayne set up a club called the Ipswich "Switches" at Willowbank. In 2021, Rew helped Australia ...

Timi Salonen Timi Salonen (born 2 August 2001) is a speedway rider from Finland. Speedway career Salonen represented Finland at senior level in the 2022 Speedway of Nations final, after securing a second-place finish in the semi-final. Also in 2022, he fi ...

* Jonas Seifert-Salk * Patrick Skaarup

References

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