Emil Pørtner (born 20 April 2000) is a

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 ...

rider from Denmark.

Career

Pørtner rides in three of the four top speedway leagues. In 2022, he rode in his native Denmark for

Grindsted Grindsted, with a population of 9,721 (1 January 2025),BY3: ...

, who compete in the

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 ...

. He also rides in the

Team Speedway Polish Championship The Team Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948. In 2000, the First Division was r ...

for

Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

since 2021 and in the

Swedish Speedway Team Championship The Swedish Speedway Team Championship is the team championship of motorcycle speedway, speedway in Sweden. History The Championship was introduced in 1950. In 1982 the Championship was renamed with a new league called the Elitserien (speedwa ...

for

Lejonen Lejonen () is a motorcycle speedway team from Gislaved, Sweden, Gislaved in Sweden, who compete in the Elitserien (speedway), Elitserien. Their home track is at the Gislaved Motorbana or the OnePartnerGroup Arena for sponsorship purposes, which ...

. In 2019, he reached the final of the U19 European Championship. He won the silver medal in the 2021

Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship The Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship (formerly the Junior Championship) is a competition for riders who are under the age of 21, holding a Danish passport and a valid DMU licence. History The competition was first staged in 1 ...

. In 2022, he was capped by the

Denmark national under-21 speedway team The Denmark national under-21 speedway team is the national under-21 motorcycle speedway team of Denmark and is controlled by the Danish Motor Union. The team started in Under-21 World Cup in all editions and won five medals: one gold (2010), two ...

. He also suffered a serious injury riding for Lejonen forcing him to miss the remainder of the season.

References

2000 births Living people Danish speedway riders {{Denmark-speedway-bio-stub