Brian Andersen

Brian Andersen
Born	13 March 1971 (age 53); Wrocław
2001	Częstochowa
Individual honours
1995, 1999	U-21 World Champion
Team honours
1996, 1998	World Cup bronze

Brian Askel Andersen (born 13 March 1971) is a Danish former international motorcycle speedway rider.^[1]^[2]

Career

Andersen reached the final of the

1991 Junior World Champion. In the final he defeatied fellow Dane Morten Andersen in a run-off for the title after both riders had finished on 14 points.^[3]^[4] The success brought him to the attention of British leagues and Coventry Bees signed him for the 1992 British League season.^[1]

He drove up his average over the following seasons for Coventry and established himself as one of their leading riders. In 1995, he won the

1996 Intercontinental Final, which qualified him for his first Speedway Grand Prix series.^[5]

He rode in the Grand Prix between 1997 and 2001, and won two bronze medals in the Speedway World Team Cup. He won the Danish Championship for the second time in 1999, which was also his last season for Coventry before he moved to join Oxford Cheetahs for the 2000 Elite League speedway season.^[1]

In 2001, he was part of the Oxford Cheetahs title winning team in 2001.^[1]

Family

His brother Jan Andersen was a speedway rider. His son Mikkel Andersen is also a speedway rider and the 2022 FIM Speedway Youth World Championship (SGP3) world champion.^[6]

Major results

World individual Championship

1997 Speedway Grand Prix - 6th (80 pts) including winning the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
1998 Speedway Grand Prix - 16th (31 pts)
1999 Speedway Grand Prix - 22nd (12 pts)
2000 Speedway Grand Prix - 23rd (15 pts)
2001 Speedway Grand Prix - 18th (23 pts)

World team Championships

1996 Speedway World Team Cup - bronze medal
1998 Speedway World Team Cup - bronze medal
2000 Speedway World Team Cup - =5th
2001 Speedway World Cup - 4th

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Brian Andersen". WWOS backup. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ "1991". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "Andersen leads dazzling Danes to Brandon glory". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 1 October 1991. Retrieved 9 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Speedway World Championship History - 1996". International Speedway. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ "Dad can barley watch". Speedway Star. 19 September 2022. p. 30.

[wwos-1] "Brian Andersen". WWOS backup. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[2] "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

[3] "1991". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[4] "Andersen leads dazzling Danes to Brandon glory". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 1 October 1991. Retrieved 9 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[5] "Speedway World Championship History - 1996". International Speedway. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[6] "Dad can barley watch". Speedway Star. 19 September 2022. p. 30.

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