Mads Korneliussen

Mads Korneliussen
Personal information
Nationality Denmark Denmark
Date of birth 15 June 1983
Place of birth    Aalborg, Denmark
Website www.madskorneliussen.com
Current club information
Polish league Orła Łódź
Swedish league Rospiggarna
Danish league Outrup
Career history
Newport Wasps
Swindon Robins
Poznań (POL)
Västervik (SWE)
Ostrow (POL)
Esbjerg (DEN)
Kraków. (POL)
Peterborough Panthers
King's Lynn Stars
Leicester Lions
Orła Łódź (POL)		 2003-2005
2005-2008, 2010
2006-2007
2006-
2009
2011-
2009
2009
2011–2013
2014
2014–
Individual honours
Danish Junior Champion 1999
Team honours
Elite Shield Winner
Speedway World Cup		 2008, 2011
2014

Mads Klit Korneliussen (born 15 June 1983) is a Danish international speedway who rode in the British Elite League for Leicester Lions in 2014, having previously spent three seasons with the King's Lynn Stars.[1][2] He was part of the Danish team that won the 2014 Speedway World Cup.

Career

Born in Aalborg, Denmark, Mads Korneliussen is the son of Karl Erik Korneliussen and younger brother of Tim Korneliussen, both former riders. Mads took up speedway in 1993.[1]

He made his debut in British speedway in 2003 with Newport Wasps in the Premier League, also doubling-up in the Elite League in 2005 with Swindon Robins.[1] In 2006 he rode full-time in the Elite League with Swindon. His 2007 season was marred by a series of injuries, but he returned to Swindon is 2008 as part of the team that won the Elite Shield. After a season with Peterborough Panthers in 2009 he returned to Swindon in 2010 before moving to King's Lynn Stars in 2011 where he rode for three seasons.[3]

After being left out of the Stars team for 2014 he signed for Leicester Lions. He started the season with his testimonial meeting at King's Lynn marking ten years in British speedway.[4][5] In 2014 he rode in the Elite Riders Championship as a late replacement for Jason Doyle.[6]

In August 2014 he won the Speedway World Cup as part of a Danish team that also included Nicki Pedersen, Niels Kristian Iversen and Peter Kildemand.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 10 December 2013
  2. ↑ Bamford, Robert (2008). Methanol Press Speedway Yearbook 2008. Methanol Press. ISBN 978-0-9553103-5-5.
  3. ↑ "King's Lynn Stars sign Mads Korneliussen", BBC, 13 December 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  4. ↑ "Speedway: Mads Korneliussen to make first appearance for Leicester Lions", Leicester Mercury, 15 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  5. ↑ "Speedway fans turn out in force for Mads", Lynn News, 19 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  6. ↑ "Mads Korneliussen into ELRC replacing Jason Doyle", Sky Sports, 22 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  7. ↑ "Danish Delight", speedwaygb.co, 3 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014

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