Thomas Jørgensen (born 14 July 1992, Aalborg, Denmark), is a Danish speedway rider.[1]
Speedway career
Thomas first came to notice in the United Kingdom in July 2010, whilst a member of the Team Viking touring side. In a meeting against Plymouth he broke the track record and became the first rider to go below 50 seconds. Following a string of impressive performances on that tour Thomas attracted the attention of several Premier League clubs, eventually signing a contract with Scunthorpe Scorpions for the 2011 season. Thomas returned to the United Kingdom late in 2010 for a one off meeting at Scunthorpe where he became winner of the inaugural Rob Woffinden memorial trophy.
He stayed at Scunthorpe for four seasons in total, averaging around 7 each year before joining Berwick Bandits for the 2015 Premier League speedway season. He averaged just below 8, which sealed another year with the Scottish club for the 2016 season.[2]
In 2017, he joined the King's Lynn Stars and has remained with them since.[3][4] In 2022, he rode for King's Lynn in the SGB Premiership 2022.[5]
In 2022 he was riding for Nordjysk in his native Denmark but the club withdrew from the Danish Speedway League which resulted in Jørgensen switching to Holsted Tigers.[6] His 2022 season was hampered by having COVID-19.[7]
In 2023, he re-signed for King's Lynn for the SGB Premiership 2023[8] and also signed for Berwick Bandits for the SGB Championship 2023, having previously ridden for them during 2015 and 2016.[9] However, he suffered a bad injury, breaking a vertebra in his neck and back, which ended his season.[10]
He re-joined Redcar for the 2024 season but then withdrew from the team because he required surgery on his back injury.[11]
References
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Thomas Jorgensen". WWOS backup. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "2021 KING'S LYNN STARS". Kings Lynn Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "STARS READY FOR REVEAL". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Speedway Around The Globe - Sweden". Speedway Star. 20 August 2022. p. 43.
- ^ "King's Lynn Stars speedway rider Thomas Jorgensen – Covid-19 meant he was 'in bed for four days solid'". Lynn News. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "KK back as Stars complete". British Speedway. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "Four more for Bandits". British Speedway. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Berwick speedway star Thomas Jorgensen breaks vertebrae in neck and back". Northumberland Gazette. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Jorgensen back as Bears name team". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 December 2023.