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Danish speedway rider

Kenneth Hansen
Born (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987 (age 37)
Herlev, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2004–2018, 2022–2023Slangerup
2021Holsted
Sweden
2006Vargarna
2022–2024Griparna
Great Britain
2007, 2015Workington
2007-2008, 2016Wolverhampton
2009, 2017Peterborough
2014Coventry
2016King's Lynn
Poland
2006Miskolc
2007Lublin
2008Gorzów
2009-2011, 2018Krosno
2012Daugavpils
2013-2015Kraków
2017Ostrów
2020Rzeszów
2022-2023Tarnów
Individual honours
2023Long Track World Championship bronze medal
Team honours
2006U-21 World Cup bronze medal

Kenneth Kruse Hansen (born 19 October 1987 in Herlev, Denmark) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.

Career

Hansen represented Denmark in the 2006 Under-21 Speedway World Cup in Rybnik and won a bronze medal.

He started the 2007 season with the Workington Comets in the Premier League but lost his place after sustaining a broken wrist. He did however reach the final of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship in 2007.

It was announced in 2008 that the Wolverhampton Wolves had signed Hansen on a full contract. He spent both the 2007 and 2008 seasons with the Midlands club before switching to Peterborough Panthers for the 2009 Elite League speedway season.

He concentrated on riding in Poland for the next few years before returning to Britain to ride for the Coventry Bees in the 2014 Elite League speedway season. He would spend two more seasons with Workington in 2015 and 2016 but since 2018, rides in the Danish league, Swedish league and Polish league.

In 2023, he claimed a bronze medal in the 2023 Individual Long Track World Championship.

Family

His brother-in-law Lars Munkedal was a professional speedway rider.

See also

References

  1. Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
  2. "Kenneth Kruse Hansen Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ^ "2015 Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. "2006 World Under 21 Team Cup Final". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. "I can fire up the Comets". News and Star. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  6. "Danish Blues". News and Star. 26 May 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  7. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. "Wolverhampton sign Danish rider". BBC. 26 November 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  9. "Happy Hansen in Monmore Return". BSPA. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
  10. "Home hero Smolinski races to 2023 FIM Long Track World Championship". FIM.
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