Jonas Lorenzen Raun (born 22 August 1989 in

Haderslev Haderslev (; german: Hadersleben ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark with a population of 22,011 (1 January 2022).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

During the

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Raun reached the Danish Under 21 final, at age 16, and finished 15th overall. His first team in the British leagues was

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, who he rode for during 2006. In 2006, he also rode for Polish third division side

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. In 2007, he rode 32 matches for

Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds were a motorcycle speedway team that raced in the SGB Championship, every Sunday night during the season (March–October) from their home at the Newcastle Stadium on the Fossway, Byker. The Stadium, previously known as Brou ...

achieving an average of 5.50, before crashing in September. After the season with Newcastle, he joined the

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in the British Elite League.

References

1989 births Living people People from Haderslev Municipality Danish speedway riders Newcastle Diamonds riders Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-sport-bio-stub