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Gert Handberg (born 30 May 1969 in Brædstrup) is a Danish former international
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. He earned 20 caps for the
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Career

Gert joined Cradley Heathens in 1988 on a recommendation, after winning the Danish Junior Championship during the 1986 Danish speedway season. He rode for the club for six consecutive seasons. In
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, Handberg became the champion of Denmark and won the bronze medal in the 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship, this was despite suffering broken jaw and leg injuries in a British league match during the same season. He was a member of the
Denmark speedway team The Denmark national speedway team are one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway. History It was not until the emergence of rider Ole Olsen that the Danish speedway team came to prominence. Previously the international scen ...
when they won the
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. He also won the World Under-21 Championship in 1989 and finished 3rd in the 1992 senior world final.


World Final Appearances


Individual World Championship

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- Reserve - did not ride *
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- 3rd - 10pts


World Team Cup

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Brian Karger Brian Karger (born 9 February 1967, in Horsens, Denmark) is a Danish former international motorcycle speedway rider. Career He was a member of the Denmark speedway team when they won the 1991 and 1995 World Team Cup Finals. He also qualified f ...
) - 2nd - 34pts (9)


References

1969 births Living people Danish speedway riders Cradley Heathens riders Danish expatriate speedway riders in England {{Denmark-speedway-bio-stub