Mikkel Bech Jensen (born 31 August 1994), often referred to simply as Mikkel Bech, is a former

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

Born in

Næstved Næstved () is a town in Næstved Municipality, the municipality of the same name, located in the southern part of the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand in Denmark. Næstved has several adult education centers, five Primary education, elemen ...

and raised in

Glumsø Glumsø is a railway town, with a population of 2,249 (1.January 2025), located on the southern part of Zealand in Denmark. Until 1.January 2007 it was the seat of Suså Municipality. Glumsø Station is located in Glumsø, serving the Sydbanen li ...

, Bech took up speedway at the age of 4, and began his senior career with

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 ...

. He made his debut in British speedway in 2011, riding for

Swindon Robins The Swindon Robins are a motorcycle speedway team from England, established in 1949 that have competed primarily in the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom. They are five times league champions of the United Kingdo ...

towards the end of the season, but turned down the chance to return in 2012 in order to complete his education.Teenage wonder Mikkel B Jensen puts school before speedway
, ''

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'', 9 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2014 He returned to Britain in 2013, joining

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team

Plymouth Devils The Plymouth Gladiators are a speedway team in the British SGB Championship. The team competed during various seasons from 1932 to 1969, before reforming after a gap of thirty-six years in 2006. In 2021, the club successfully applied to join t ...

midway through the year and ending the season as the team's number one rider.Pilnick, Brent (2013)
Plymouth Devils sign Danish World Cup rider Mikkel Bech Jensen
,

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, 31 May 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2014 He moved up to the Elite League in 2014 with

Lakeside Hammers The Lakeside Hammers (formerly the Arena-Essex Hammers) were a speedway team who raced in the British league system from 1984 to 2018, most recently racing in the SGB Championship in 2018. The team were nicknamed the Hammers after the West Ham H ...

. Bech finished third in the 2012 Under-21 World Championship, and was part of the Danish team that won the Under-21 World Cup in 2013. Bech won the Danish Junior Championship in 2014. He has signed to ride for Esbjerg, Start Gniezno, and Lakeside Hammers in 2015.AJ & Bech Back for Hammers
, speedwaygb.co, 28 November 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014 He has competed in three

Speedway Grand Prix Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The series started in 1995 replacing the previous format of a single event final. The first ...

and has represented Denmark in the

Speedway World Cup The Speedway World Cup is a motorcycle speedway event for national teams held in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cup which ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bech, Mikkel 1994 births Living people Danish speedway riders Lakeside Hammers riders Danish expatriate speedway riders in England Swindon Robins riders Sportspeople from Næstved Municipality