Jonas Lorenzen Raun (born 22 August 1989 in

Haderslev Haderslev (; ) is a Denmark, Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark with a population of 22,405 (1 January 2025).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 2005 Danish speedway season Raun reached the Danish Under 21 final, at age 16, and finished 15th overall. His first team in the British leagues was

Peterborough Panthers The Peterborough Panthers were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Peterborough, England from 1970 to 2023. They were three times List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest lev ...

, 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 British speedway leagues from 1929 to 2022. They were based at Newcastle Stadium on the Fossway, Byker. The Stadium was previously known as Brough Park. History Origins and ...

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. His last season in British speedway was with the Glasgow Tigers in 2013.

References

1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Haderslev Municipality Motorcycle races from the Region of Southern Denmark Danish speedway riders Newcastle Diamonds riders Danish expatriate speedway riders in England {{Denmark-sport-bio-stub