Hans N. Andersen

Hans Andersen
Personal information
Nationality Denmark
Date of birth 3 November 1980 (1980-11-03) (age 31)
Place of birth    Odense, Denmark
Website Official website
Current club information
British league Peterborough Panthers
Polish league Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski
Swedish league Indianerna
Danish league Fjelsted
Career history
Korpana (SWE)
Team Svelux (SWE)
Gniezno (POL)
Opole (POL)
Gorzów Wlkp. (POL)
Poole Pirates
Luxo Stars (SWE)
Lublin (POL)
Peterborough Panthers
Ipswich Witches
Wrocław (POL)
Toruń (POL)
Coventry Bees
Gdańsk (POL)
Belle Vue Aces		 1998
1999
1999
2000
2001
2001-2002, 2009
2002-
2003
2003, 2006-2008, 2011
2004-2005
2005-2007
2008
2008
2009
2010
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
2009 Number 5
Starts 53[1]
Podiums 13 (4-6-3)
Finalist 16 time
Winner 4 times
Individual honours
Danish Champion
Scandinavian Grand Prix Winner
Danish Grand Prix Winner
Czech Grand Prix Winner
Golden Helmet of Pardubice (CZE)		 2007
2004
2006
2006
2008
Team honours
World Cup Winner
Elite League Champion
Craven Shield Winner
British Elite League Pairs Champion
Danish League Champion
Italian League Champion
Swedish Allsvenskan Champion		 2006, 2008
2006
2001, 2002, 2008
2008, 2009
1997, 2000, 2005
2002
1999

Hans Nørgaard Andersen (born 3 November 1980, in Odense, Denmark)[2] is a motorcycle speedway rider and captain of the Denmark speedway team that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006 and 2008.

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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. Andersen left his British club, Peterborough, mid-season in July 2008 after it emerged that the club had not paid him wages amounting to several thousand pounds.[4] Shortly afterwards he signed for Coventy and teamed up with Chris Harris to win the British Elite League Pairs Championship.[5] Andersen rode for the Poole Pirates in 2009, and moved on to join the Belle Vue Aces for the 2010 season. He returned to the Peterborough Panthers team towards the end of the 2011 season, replacing Nicki Pedersen.

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
2008 5th 140 Winner Won in Italy, runner up at Czech, Scandinavian and German GP. Third in Slovenia.
2007 Speedway Grand Prix - 5th place
Final Championship standings: 5th 107 Riding No (6)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
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 - 5th place
Final Championship standings: 5th 140 Riding No (5)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /11 Slovenian SGP 3 14 (0,3,3,2,2) +2 +2 15
2 /11 European SGP 10 6 (0,1,3,1,1) 12
3 /11 Swedish SGP 8 8 (1,3,3,f,0) 8
4 /11 Danish SGP 4 11 (3,1,2,3,0) +2 +0 6
5 /11 British SGP 7 9 (0,3,1,1,3) 14
6 /11 Czech Rep. SGP 2 16 (2,3,1,1,2) +3 +2 13
7 /11 Scandinavian SGP 2 20 (3,3,3,3,1) +3 +2 2
8 /11 Latvian SGP 10 7 (1,2,0,3,1) 14
9 /11 Polish SGP 5 10 (1,2,3,2,1) +1 1
10 /11 Italian SGP 1 21 (3,2,3,2,2) +3 +6 16
11 /11 German SGP 2 17 (2,2,2,3,1) +3 +4 5
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

See also

References

  1. ^ Świat Żużla, No 2 (78) 2009, page 11, ISSN 1429-3285
  2. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  3. ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
  4. ^ "Panthers hero Hans is sent to Coventry". Evening Telegraph. 31 July 2008. http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/Panthers-hero-Hans-is-sent.4344059.jp. Retrieved 2008-09-08. 
  5. ^ "Bees duo team up for glory". Coventry Telegraph. 2008. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-warwickshire-sport/coventry-bees-speedway/coventry-bees-news/2008/08/18/bees-duo-team-up-for-glory-92746-21552640/. Retrieved 2008-09-11. 

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2011 Speedway Grand Prix riders
1 Gollob 2 Hampel 3 Crump 4 Holta 5 Hancock
6 Harris 7 Bjerre 8 Holder 9 Jonsson 10 Pedersen
11 Lindgren 12 Sayfutdinov 13 Laguta 14 Lindbäck 15 Kołodziej

Chris Harris (c) • Hans Andersen • Oliver Allen • Simon Stead • Billy Janniro • Filip Šitera • Robbie Kessler • Ben Barker

Also Rode : Rory Schlein • Andreas Messing • Stanisław Burza

Managers: Peter Oakes & Colin Pratt

Ryan Sullivan • Daniel King • Kenneth Bjerre (c) • Lukáš Dryml • Karol Zabik • Claus Vissing • Henning Bager • Ty Proctor
Also Rode: Hans Andersen • Morten Risager • Henrik Moller • Zdenek Simota

Manager: Trevor Swales

Hans N. Andersen (c) • Niels Kristian Iversen • Kenneth Bjerre • Lukáš Dryml • Piotr Świderski • Richard Hall • Daniel King • Ulrich Ostergaard

Manager: Trevor Swales