Hans Nørgaard Andersen

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Personal Information
Hans Andersen

Nationality	Denmark
Date of birth	November 3, 1980 (1980-11-03) (age 27)
Place of birth	Odense, Denmark
Website	www.hans-andersen.com
Current Club Information
British League	Peterborough Panthers
Polish League	WTS Wrocław
Swedish League	Luxo Stars
Danish League	Fjelsted
Career History
Korpana (SWE) Team Svelux (SWE) Gniezno (POL) Opole (POL) Gorzow (POL) Poole Pirates Luxo Stars (SWE) Lublin (POL) Peterborough Panthers Ipswich Witches WTS Wrocław (POL)		1998 1999 1999 2000 2001 2001-2002 2002- 2003 2003, 2006- 2004-2005 2005-
Individual Honours
Danish Champion Scandinavian Grand Prix Winner Danish Grand Prix Winner Czech Grand Prix Winner	2007 2004 2006 2006
Team Honours
World Cup Winner Elite League Champion Craven Shield Winner Danish League Champion Italian League Champion Swedish Allsvenskan Champion	2006 2006 2001, 2002 1997, 2000, 2005 2002 1999

Hans Nørgaard Andersen (born 3 November 1980 in Odense, Denmark)^[1] is a motorcycle speedway rider who was part of the Denmark speedway team that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006. He currently rides in the UK for the Peterborough Panthers in the Elite League.^[2]

1 Career summary
2 Speedway Grand Prix results
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career summary

Despite being originally left out of the 2006 Speedway Grand Prix series, he replaced the retired Tony Rickardsson, eventually winning two Grand Prix meetings and finishing sixth in the final standings. He also became only the third rider to win a GP as a wild card.^[3]

In 2007, Andersen became Danish National Champion for the first time.

[edit] Speedway Grand Prix results

Year	Position	Points	Best Finish	Notes
2002	40th	1	23rd	1 ride only as a wild card
2003	17th	41	8th (twice)
2004	9th	80	Winner	Won Scandinavian GP
2005	12th	64	4th
2006	6th	101	Winner (twice)	Won as a wild card then replaced retired rider winning further round
2007	5th	107	Second

2007 Speedway Grand Prix - 5th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		5th	107	Riding No (6)
1 /11	Italian SGP	7	9	(2,1,1,2,3) +0	1
2 /11	European SGP	2	13	(0,3,1,0,2) +3 +2	8
3 /11	Swedish SGP	2	20	(3,2,3,3,2) +3 +2	5
4 /11	Danish SGP	5	12	(3,3,1,2,3) +E	9
5 /11	British SGP	5	13	(3,3,3,2,1) +1	2
6 /11	Czech Rep. SGP	9	8	(2,1,2,2,1)	16
7 /11	Scandinavian SGP	4	12	(3,1,1,3,2) +2 +0	8
8 /11	Latvian SGP	12	5	(X,3,2,X,E)	10
9 /11	Polish SGP	16	3	(2,X,0,1,0)	4
10 /11	Slovenian SGP	15	3	(1,0,F,2,E)	7
11 /11	German SGP	7	9	(3,2,3,0,1) +X	6

2008 Speedway Grand Prix

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:				Riding No (5)
1 /11	Slovenian SGP	3	14	(0,3,3,2,2) +2 +2	15
2 /11	European SGP
3 /11	Swedish SGP
4 /11	Danish SGP
5 /11	British SGP
6 /11	Czech Rep. SGP
7 /11	Scandinavian SGP
8 /11	Latvian SGP
9 /11	Polish SGP
10 /11	Italian SGP
11 /11	German SGP

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider notclassify (track reserve who not started)

[edit] References

^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
^ Andersen signs and wants to stay a Panther forever. Evening Telegraph (8 November 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1

[edit] External links

Riders web site

2008 Speedway Grand Prix riders
(1) N. Pedersen	(2) Adams	(3) Crump	(4) Gollob	(5) Andersen
(6) Hancock	(7) Holta	(8) Nicholls	(9) Harris	(10) Jonsson
(11) B. Pedersen	(12) Iversen	(13) L. Dryml	(14) K. Kasprzak	(15) Lindgren

v • d • e Peterborough Panthers Squad 2007 (British Elite League)

Hans Andersen (c) • Niels Kristian Iversen • Kenneth Bjerre • Lukáš Dryml • Piotr Świderski • Richard Hall • Daniel King • Ulrich Ostergaard Manager: Trevor Swales