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Kurt Hansen (speedway rider)

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Kurt Hansen
Born2 October 1964 (1964-10-02) (age 60)
Værløse, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
Great Britain
1984–1985Halifax Dukes
Sweden
1986–1987Lejonen
1989Skepparna

Kurt Hansen (born 2 October 1964) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.[1][2] He earned one cap for the Denmark national speedway team.[3]

Career

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He competed in two finals of the Speedway Under-21 World Championship (known as the European Championship at the time). The first was as a reserve in the 1984 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and the second as an outright qualifier in the 1985 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, where he finished in 9th place.[4]

He only rode in the British leagues for two seasons (1984 and 1985) for the Halifax Dukes.[5][6][7]

He represented the Denmark national under-21 speedway team.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "H". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Backtracking (Volume 2)". Retro Speedway. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Individual Junior World Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Collins turns down Halifax". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 24 January 1984. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Kurt Hansen". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Team taking shape as new season looms". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 21 February 1985. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Sweden U21 v Denmark U21". International Speedway. Retrieved 4 April 2023.