Rasmus Jensen is a Danish

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. He was the 2022 champion of Denmark.

Career

Rasmus Jensen's career began in the year 2001. His first season in British racing was with Plymouth in

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

; at the end of the season, his official average was 7. At the end of the following 2014 Premier League season, his average was 6.14, and he was in fourth place among the Plymouth Devils riders' averages. Jensen completed 2016 with a 6.14 average and completed 2018 with a 6.59 average. He spent 2019 with the Second Division club Glasgow Tigers and reached an official average of 8.34, making his average the second highest on the team, behind

Craig Cook Craig William Cook (born 21 May 1987) is a motorcycle speedway rider from England. Career Born in Whitehaven, Cook's speedway career began in 2008. In 2009, Cook won the National League Riders Championship, held on 26 September at Rye House St ...

. In 2019, he won the SGB Championship Pairs partnering

, during the

SGB Championship 2019 The SGB Championship 2019 was the second division of British speedway. The season ran between March and October 2019 and consisted of 12 participating teams. The defending league champions were the Workington Comets, who completed an excellent ...

season. Jensen scored a total of three race wins on the night. The

Speedway Star Speedway Star is a national motorcycle speedway magazine. The magazine is published every week of the year and the emphasis of the publication is on British speedway but also features international speedway from around the world. The magazine is ...

stated, "Cami rownalso heaped praise on Cookie's race partner Jensen and can be well satisfied that he insisted on chasing his signature during the build-up to the new season last winter. During 2019, the Premiership club Swindon brought in Jensen following a guest performance. He achieved a Premiership average of 7.7, third highest on the team. The Speedway Star rated Rasmus Jensen Premiership "Rider of the Week" and stated, "at this stage the introduction of Jensen must stand as the biggest and best move of 2019." Jensen re-signed for Swindon in 2020 but he chose not be a part of the Glasgow Tigers team in 2020 due to Grand Prix commitments. Jensen finished in 17th place following just one appearance during the 2022

Speedway World Championship The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first official championsh ...

, he securing 12 points during the Danish Grand Prix as part of the

2022 Speedway Grand Prix The 2022 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 28th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 77th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the first series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. Artem Laguta was the reigning champion, h ...

. However, his biggest success of the season and his career to date came in June 2022, when he won the 2022 Danish Individual Speedway Championship. In 2023, he was part of the Danish team that won the bronze medal in the

2023 Speedway World Cup The 2023 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 18th Speedway World Cup, an international motorcycle speedway world championship tournament organised by the FIM. The 2023 edition was the first since 2017 and took place between 25 July and 29 Jul ...

final; he topped scored for the Danish team in the final. In October 2023, he paired up with Mads Hansen to win a silver medal at the European Pairs championship. In 2024, he helped Denmark reach the final of the

2024 Speedway of Nations The 2024 Speedway of Nations was the sixth edition of the Speedway of Nations, and 32nd edition of a pairs competition for national teams in motorcycle speedway. The competition consisted of three events, which took place at the National Speed ...

in Manchester.

Major results

World individual Championship

- 17th *

2023 Speedway Grand Prix The 2023 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 29th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 78th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the second series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending champ ...

- =19th *

2024 Speedway Grand Prix The 2024 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 30th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 79th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the third series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. A new sprint race was introduced at sele ...

- 19th

World team Championships

- 3rd *

- 6th

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Rasmus 1993 births Living people Danish speedway riders Glasgow Tigers riders Danish expatriate speedway riders in Scotland Plymouth Devils riders Somerset Rebels riders Danish expatriate speedway riders in England Swindon Robins riders Workington Comets riders People from Vejen Municipality Motorcycle races from the Region of Southern Denmark Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish expatriate sportspeople in Poland