Jacob Olsen (born 18 September 1972) is a former

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

Olsen came to prominence after reaching the final of the Under-21 World Championship on two occasions in

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and

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. He had previously won the bronze medal in the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship in 1989. He started racing in the British leagues during the

1993 British League season The 1993 British League season was the 59th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 29th known as the British League. Summary Belle Vue Aces won their first title since 1982. The Manchester team relied on a group ...

, when riding for the

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees were a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon near Coventry, England. History A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the inaugural season of the Souther ...

. He also rode in the top tier of British speedway for

Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves are a British speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They are sponsored by Parry's International Travel, and signed a deal with owner Dave Parry (previous speedway rider for the Wolverhampton Wolves) for the 20 ...

during the 1995 Premier League speedway season. He earned four caps for the Denmark national speedway team and later became a promoter of speedway.

Family

His father Ole Olsen was one of the all-time great speedway riders.

References

Living people 1972 births Danish speedway riders Coventry Bees riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders {{Speedway-stub