Brian Andersen
Born (1971-03-13) 13 March 1971
Sønderborg, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2000–2001Herning
2002Kronjylland
Great Britain
1992-1999Coventry
2000-2002Oxford
Poland
1991Poznań
1995, 1997Rzeszów
1998-1999Leszno
2000Wrocław
2001Częstochowa
Individual honours
1995, 1999Danish Champion
1997Grand Prix wins
1991U-21 World Champion
Team honours
1996, 1998World 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 Under-21 World Championship in 1990 and then won the event the following year to become the 1991 Junior World Champion[3] 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 Individual Speedway Danish Championship. In 1996, he finished second in the 1996 Intercontinental Final, which qualified him for his first Speedway Grand Prix series.[4]

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.[5]

Major results

World individual Championship

World team Championships

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. ↑ "Speedway World Championship History - 1996". International Speedway. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dad can barley watch". Speedway Star page 30. 19 September 2022.
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