Lasse Bjerre Jensen (born 31 October 1993)[1] is a speedway rider who won the 2010 Under-21 World Cup with the Denmark team.[2]

Biography

Bjerre was born in Esbjerg, Denmark in 1993.[3] His brother, Kenneth (born 1984), is also a speedway rider.[4] They have two sisters Janni and Lotte. Their parents are Ivan and Vibeke.[5]

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.[3]

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.[6] He rode again for King's Lynn in 2011, doubling up with Ipswich Witches.[3] He was part of the Ipswich team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 23 October 2011, at Beaumont Park Stadium.[7]

He signed to ride for Peterborough Panthers in the Elite League in 2012 in a doubling-up role,[8] and also in the Premier League with Leicester Lions. In June 2012 he was dropped by Panthers[9] but in August 2012, joined Swindon Robins.

In 2017, he won the SGB Championship Pairs partnering Kyle Howarth for Sheffield Tigers during the SGB Championship 2017 season.[10][11] He signed again for Sheffield in 2018[12] before joining Newcastle in 2019.

Major results

World Championships

European Championships

References

  1. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2010, pages 24-25, ISSN 1429-3285
  2. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-30
  4. ^ "Lasse Bjerre dołączył do brata" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  5. ^ "Profil" (in Danish). lasse-bjerre.dk. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  6. ^ "Kenneth and Lasse Bjerre sign for Peterborough Panthers", BBC, 8 November 2010, retrieved 2011-11-30
  7. ^ "2011 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Speedway: Peterborough Panthers announce 2012 Elite League line-up", BBC, 29 November 2011, retrieved 2011-11-30
  9. ^ "Panthers Make Changes[permanent dead link‍]", speedway365.com, 3 June 2012, retrieved 2012-06-05
  10. ^ "Sheffield Tigers win Pairs title ahead of first leg of promotion showdown". The Star. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  11. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Sheffield Speedway: Lasse comes home to gain older brother's help". The Star. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasse_Bjerre
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