Daniel Henderson (born 4 April 1991) is a

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and

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rider from Sweden.

Speedway career

In 2021, he suffered serious injuries in a crash, which resulted in 12 broken ribs and a spine injury and was close to announcing his retirement. However he returned to speedway when riding for

Rospiggarna Rospiggarna is a motorcycle speedway team based in Hallstavik, Sweden. They ride in the Elitserien are five times champions of Sweden. History 1930 to 1977 The club was founded in 1930 and were named Orion, although it did not compete in the S ...

in his native Sweden. Henderson has reached every

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final from 2018 to 2022 and finished 5th in the 2020 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship. In 2023, he signed for Vargarna in the Swedish

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and made his Polish debut in 2023 after signing for Polonia Piła.

Family

His uncle Kenny Olsson died in a speedway crash in 2007.

References

Living people 1991 births Swedish speedway riders Smederna riders Piraterna riders Rospiggarna riders Vargarna riders {{Sweden-speedway-bio-stub