Lasse Bjerre

Lasse Bjerre Jensen (born 31 October 1993)[1] is a speedway rider who won the 2010 Under-21 World Cup with the Denmark team.

Lasse Bjerre
Born (1993-10-31) 31 October 1993
Esbjerg, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2015Munkebo
2022Holsted Tigers
Great Britain
2010–2011, 2013King's Lynn Stars
2011Ipswich Witches
2012, 2014, 2019Peterborough Panthers
2012–2014, 2017Leicester Lions
2012Swindon Robins
2014Wolverhampton Wolves
2015–2016Redcar Bears
2017–2018Sheffield Tigers
2019Newcastle Diamonds
Poland
2010-2011Wrocław
2013Piła
Individual honours
2011Danish Under-21 Champion
Team honours
2010Team U-21 World Champion
2017SGB Championship
2017SGB Championship Pairs

Biography

Bjerre was born in Esbjerg, Denmark in 1993.[2] His brother, Kenneth (born 1984), is also a speedway rider.[3] They have two sisters Janni and Lotte. Their parents are Ivan and Vibeke.[4]

Bjerre was part of the Danish team that won the World under-21 Team Cup in 2010, and he won the Danish Under-21 Championship in 2011.[2] He rode for King's Lynn Stars in the latter part of the 2010 season, and became a Peterborough Panthers asset towards the end of that year.[5] He rode again for King's Lynn in 2011, doubling up with Ipswich Witches.[2] He signed to ride for Peterborough Panthers in the Elite League in 2012 in a doubling-up role,[6] and also in the Premier League with Leicester Lions with whom he continued to ride in 2013. In June 2012 he was dropped by Panthers.[7]

In August 2012 he joined Swindon Robins.

Major championship performances

World Championships

European Championships

References
  1. Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2010, pages 24-25, ISSN 1429-3285
  2. "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-30
  3. "Lasse Bjerre dołączył do brata" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  4. "Profil" (in Danish). lasse-bjerre.dk. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  5. "Kenneth and Lasse Bjerre sign for Peterborough Panthers", BBC, 8 November 2010, retrieved 2011-11-30
  6. "Speedway: Peterborough Panthers announce 2012 Elite League line-up", BBC, 29 November 2011, retrieved 2011-11-30
  7. "Panthers Make Changes", speedway365.com, 3 June 2012, retrieved 2012-06-05
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