Michael Jepsen Jensen (born 18 February 1992) is a

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rider from Denmark.

Career

Jepsen Jensen was part of the 2010 Under-21 World Cup winning Denmark team. He peaked in 2012, winning the 2012 Speedway World Cup with the Denmark national speedway team and winning the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Nordic becoming the first wildcard to have won a GP meeting since Hans Andersen. In the Nordic Grand Prix he defeated Nicki Pedersen, Emil Sayfutdinov and Jason Crump in the final. Later that year in November 2012, he won the Individual Under-21 World Championship. In 2013, Jepsen won a second gold medal at 2013 Team Speedway Junior World Championship as part of the U21 Danish team. He then secured a permanent place in the

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, finishing 11th with 84 points. In 2022, he helped Smederna win the

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during the 2022 campaign and continued to ride for them in 2023 and 2024. Jepsen Jensen helped

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win the Danish Speedway League during the 2024 Danish speedway season.

Major results

World individual Championship

* 2012 Speedway Grand Prix - 17th (22 pts) * 2013 Speedway Grand Prix - 21st (6 pts) * 2014 Speedway Grand Prix - 16th (42 pts) *

- 11th (84 pts) * 2016 Speedway Grand Prix - 16th (31 pts) * 2017 Speedway Grand Prix - 20th (8 pts) * 2018 Speedway Grand Prix - 22nd (4 pts)

Grand Prix wins

*1: 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Nordic

World U21 Championships

* 2011 Speedway Under-21 World Championship - 6th (37 pts) * 2012 Speedway Under-21 World Championship - Winner (90 pts) * 2010 Team Speedway Junior World Championship – Winners (51 pts) * 2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship – 2nd (31 pts) * 2012 Team Speedway Junior World Championship – 5th (45 pts) * 2013 Team Speedway Junior World Championship – Winners (42 pts)

European Championships

* Individual U-19 European Championship **

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– 6th placed (10 pts) * Team U-19 European Championship **

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– Holsted – 3rd placed (10 pts) ** ''

– lost in the Semi-Final One''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Michael Jepsen 1992 births Living people Danish speedway riders Team Speedway Junior World Champions People from Billund Municipality Motorcycle races from the Region of Southern Denmark