Kenneth Bjerre Jensen (born 24 May 1984 in

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport city and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban area, urban population of 71,554 (1 January ...

, Denmark) is a Danish international

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rider. He earned 17 caps for the

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Career

Bjerre began his Polish league career in 2001 for Ostrów. The following season he began his career in Britain when he joined the Newcastle Diamonds for the 2002 Premier League speedway season. Over the following decade he would become a heat leader for both

Belle Vue Aces The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier League championship 14 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership, racing at The National Speedway Stadium, wit ...

(2004 to 2006) and

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 ...

(2007 to 2010). Speedway Kenneth Bjerre Belle Vue 2007

In September 2008, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 2009 Grand Prix. During the 2009 Grand Prix series he finished in 8th place, which meant that he retained a permanent rider for the 2010 Grand Prix. His consistency resulted in a 7th place finish in both the

2010 Speedway Grand Prix The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix was the 65th edition of the official World Championship and the 16th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the tenth se ...

and 2011 Speedway Grand Prix but he dropped out of the Grand Prix after a disappointing 2012 campaign. He raced in the United Kingdom for

and King's Lynn Stars in the Elite League. In 2017, he raced for the Belle Vue and averaged 8.95. The following year he appeared for Leicester Lions before going back to Belle Vue for the 2019 season, in which he became the champion of Denmark after winning the 2019

Danish Individual Speedway Championship Individual Speedway Danish Championship is the National competition for Danish speedway riders to determine the champion of Denmark. The winner of the final is awarded a gold medal and declared Danish Individual Champion. The riders finishing se ...

Personal life

His brother, Lasse Bjerre, is also a speedway rider.

Major results

World individual Championship

2004 Speedway Grand Prix The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix was the 59th edition of the official World Championship and the tenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. After finishing second in 2001, 2002 and 2003, Jason Crum ...

- =24th (13pts) *

2005 Speedway Grand Prix The 2005 Speedway Grand Prix was the 60th edition of the official World Championship and the 11th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. Event format The format was changed for GP 2005 with 16 ri ...

- 17th (12pts) * 2006 Speedway Grand Prix - =26th (1pt) *

2007 Speedway Grand Prix The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix was the 62nd edition of the official World Championship and the 13th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Championship, Speedway World Champion. It was the first under the promotion ...

- 19th (10pts) *

2008 Speedway Grand Prix The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix was the 63rd edition of the official World Championship and the 14th season in the Speedway Grand Prix used to determine the Individual Speedway World Championship, Speedway World Champion. It was the second under the ...

- 17th (11pts) *

2009 Speedway Grand Prix The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix was the 64th edition of the official World Championship and the 15th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Speedway World Championship. It is the third series unde ...

- 8th (98pts) *

- 7th (106pts) (including winning the

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) * 2011 Speedway Grand Prix - 7th (101pts) * 2012 Speedway Grand Prix - 16th (41pts) *

2014 Speedway Grand Prix The 2014 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 69th edition of the official World Championship and the 20th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the fourteenth series under the promotion of Be ...

- 13th (79pts) *

2017 Speedway Grand Prix The 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 23rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 72nd FIM Speedway World Championship. It was seventeenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The wo ...

- 23rd (7pts)

World team Championships

2004 Speedway World Cup The 2004 Speedway World Cup was the 4th Speedway World Cup, FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 7 August 2004 in Poole, England. The tournament was won by Sweden national speedway team, Sweden (49 pts) and they beat host team, ...

- 3rd * 2005 Speedway World Cup - 3rd *

2007 Speedway World Cup The 2007 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 21 July 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland (55 pts) and they beat defending cha ...

- 2nd *

2008 Speedway World Cup The 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup (SWC) is the 8th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2008 in sports, 2008 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by host team D ...

- Winner *

2009 Speedway World Cup The 2009 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the ninth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2009 in sports, 2009 in Leszno, Poland. The defending World Champions were Denmark na ...

- 6th *

2010 Speedway World Cup The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the tenth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international Motorcycle speedway, speedway world championship tournament. It was o ...

- 2nd * 2011 Speedway World Cup - 4th *

2013 Speedway World Cup The 2013 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the thirteenth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international Motorcycle speedway, speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 13 July an ...

- 2nd *

2015 Speedway World Cup The 2015 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the fifteenth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 6 June and 14 June 2015 and involved nine national teams. It ...

- 2nd *

2016 Speedway World Cup The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the sixteenth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international Motorcycle speedway, speedway world championship tournament. It took place betw ...

- 5th * 2017 Speedway World Cup - 8th * 2018 Speedway of Nations - 5th

Speedway Grand Prix

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bjerre, Kenneth 1984 births Living people Danish speedway riders Speedway World Cup champions Individual Speedway Junior European Champions Belle Vue Aces riders Leicester Lions riders Newcastle Diamonds riders Danish expatriate speedway riders in England Peterborough Panthers riders Sportspeople from Esbjerg Motorcycle races from the Region of Southern Denmark