Simon Nielsen (speedway rider)

Simon Nielsen
Personal information
Nationality  Denmark
Date of birth 1 October 1990 (1990-10-01) (age 21)
Place of birth    Stenlille, Denmark
Website teamNielsen.com
Current club information
British league Leicester Lions
Polish league Start Gniezno
Danish league Holsted Speedway Klub
Career history
Gniezno (POL)
Workington (UK)
Leicester (UK)
2008-2009
2011
2012
Individual honours
None
Team honours

Simon Nielsen (born 1 October 1990 in Stenlille)[1][2] is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Denmark U-19 national team.

Nielsen won 2005 Individual Speedway FIM Youth Gold Trophy 80 cc, unofficial U-16 World Championship.[3]

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.[4]

Contents

Career details

European Championships

Domestic competitions

See also

References

  1. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) 2009, pages 44-45, ISSN 1429-3285
  2. ^ www.speedway.com.pl. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
  3. ^ "Simon Nielsen zwycięża w Złotym Trofeum FIM" (in Polish). moto.Gorzow.pl. 2005-07-17. http://moto.gorzow.pl/index.php?action=51&news=1409. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  4. ^ "Lions Sign Final Member", Speedway365, 8 December 2011, retrieved 2011-12-09

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