Allan_Johansen_(speedway_rider)
Allan Johansen (speedway rider)
Danish speedway rider
Allan Johansen (born 2 December 1966) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.[1][2][3][4]
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Born | 2 December 1966 (1966-12-02) (age 57) Odense, Denmark |
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Nationality | Danish |
Career history | |
Denmark | |
1986โ1989 | Fjelsted |
1991โ1992 | Holsted |
Great Britain | |
1987 | Hackney Kestrels |
1988โ1989 | King's Lynn Stars |
1992 | Arena Essex Hammers |
Individual honours | |
1984 | Danish U21 silver |
Team honours | |
1986 | Danish Speedway League |
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Johansen came to prominence after winning the silver medal at the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship in 1984. He reached the final of the Under-21 World Championship on two occasions in 1986 and 1987.[5][6]
He started racing in the British leagues during the 1987 British League season, when riding for the Hackney Kestrels.[7][1]
He earned five caps for the Denmark national speedway team[1]
- "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Allan Johansen" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990, rider profile Allan Johansen. Front Page Books. p. 18. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
- Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who, Profile Allan Johansen. Peter Oakes, Peterborough. ISBN 0-948882-81-6.
- "Allan Johansen". Speed Week. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- "Allan Johansen". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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