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Jan Simensen
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Jan Simensen (born 26 July 1944) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1] He earned 25 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[2]
Key Information
Speedway career
[edit]Simensen rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1970 until 1972, riding for Cradley Heathens,[3][4] Coventry Bees and Wolverhampton Wolves.[5][6]
He competed in the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1972 Individual Speedway World Championship.[7]
World Final appearances
[edit]Individual World Championship
[edit]- 1972 -
London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - 2pts
World Team Cup
[edit]- 1972 -
Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn (with Tommy Jansson / Anders Michanek / Christer Lofqvist / Göte Nordin) 4th - 18pts (3)
References
[edit]- ^ "Jan Simensen profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Swede No.2 for Cradley". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 12 June 1970. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cradley Heath". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 3 March 1971. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Jan Simensen". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
