Matias Nielsen (born 28 July 1999) is a speedway rider from Denmark.

Speedway career

Nielsen came to prominence in 2019 when he won the silver medal at the

Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship The Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship (formerly the Junior Championship) is a competition for riders who are under the age of 21, holding a Danish passport and a valid DMU licence. History The competition was first staged in 1 ...

. The following season he repeated the success and also won a silver medal at both the 2020

Team Speedway Junior European Championship The European Under-23 Team Speedway Championship, formerly known as the ''Team Speedway Junior European Championship'' is an annual motorcycle speedway event. Inaugurated as a European Under-19 competition, the competition age limits have twic ...

and the

2020 Team Speedway Junior World Championship The 2020 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the 16th FIM Team Under-21 World Championship season. The final took place on 5 September 2020, at the Varde Motor Arena in Outrup, Denmark. The event had originally been planned for 22 Augu ...

. In 2022, he won his second European Junior Championship silver medal and rode for Ostrów in Poland and

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 ...

in Denmark. In 2023, he helped

Esbjerg Vikings Esbjerg Speedway Klub or Esbjerg Vikings (part of Esbjerg Motosport) is a speedway club from Esbjerg in Denmark, who compete in the Danish Speedway League. The team have won the Danish Speedway League title on 11 occasions in 1967, 1969, 1970, ...

win the Danish League.

References

Living people 1999 births Danish speedway riders {{Denmark-speedway-bio-stub