Aage_Hansen

Aage Hansen

Aage Hansen

Norwegian speedway rider (1935–2023)

Aage Hansen (13 April 1935 – 15 November 2023) was a Norwegian international motorcycle speedway rider.[1][2]

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Speedway career

Aage Hansen was a seven-time champion of Norway, winning the Norwegian Championship all years between 1956 - 1961, as well as in 1963. He also was the Nordic Speedway Champion in 1957, and won the Nordic Team Speedway Championship together with Sverre Harrfeldt in 1966.[3][4]

Hansen also won two silver medals in the Norwegian Longtrack Championship in 1956 and 1963, and was a Nordic Longtrack Team Champion together with Leif Hveem in 1956.

Hansen reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship, a meeting in which he was recovering from a dislocated knee.[5][6]

Hansen rode in the top tier of British Speedway for just one season,[7][1] riding for Ipswich Witches during the 1957 Speedway National League, where he averaged 8.17.[8]

Death

Aage Hansen died in Asker, Norway on 15 November 2023, at the age of 88.[9]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

References

  1. [1]
    "Aage Hansen By Bobby Duncan". Seppedway Plus. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Norway National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    "NM Individuelt". Speedway Norge. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. [5]
    "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. [6]
    "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  7. [7]
    "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  9. [9]
    Speedwaylegenden Aage Hansen er død (in Norwegian)
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