Simon_Nielsen_(speedway_rider)

Simon Nielsen (speedway rider)

Simon Nielsen (speedway rider)

Danish speedway rider

Simon Nielsen (born 1 October 1990)[1][2] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.[3]

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

Career

Born in Stenlille, Nielsen won 2005 Individual Speedway FIM Youth Gold Trophy 80 cc, unofficial U-16 World Championship.[4] He rode in the Denmark U-19 national team.

In 2011, he came to the UK to try to get a team place and got a place in the Workington Comets team towards the end of the season. In December 2011 he was announced as the final member of the 2012 Leicester Lions team in the British Premier League.[5] After an injury early in the season, he showed good form before suffering a broken femur in a crash with team mate Jari Mäkinen on 23 June.[6] Simon re-signed for Leicester Lions for the 2013 Premier League season. In May 2013 he was dropped by the Lions with his place going to Alex Edberg. In June he signed for Plymouth Devils. In 2014 he signed for Newcastle Diamonds, staying with the team for 2015.[7]

Results

European Championships

Domestic competitions

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) 2009, pages 44-45, ISSN 1429-3285
  2. [2]
    www.speedway.com.pl. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
  3. [3]
    "Simon Nielsen Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Simon Nielsen zwycięża w Złotym Trofeum FIM" (in Polish). moto.Gorzow.pl. 2005-07-17. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  5. [5]
    "Lions Sign Final Member", Speedway365, 8 December 2011, retrieved 2011-12-09
  6. [6]
    "Nielsen Breaks Femur", speedwaygb.co, 24 June 2012, retrieved 2012-06-24
  7. [7]
    "Simon Nielsen". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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