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Hans Nørgaard Andersen (born 3 November 1980, in Odense, Denmark) is a motorcycle speedway rider who captained the Denmark speedway team that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006 and 2008.
Career summary
Despite being originally left out of the 2006 Speedway Grand Prix series, he replaced the retired Tony Rickardsson, eventually winning two Grand Prix meetings and finishing sixth in the final standings.He also became only the third rider to win a GP as a wild card.
In 2007, Andersen became Danish National Champion for the first time. Andersen left his British club, Peterborough Panthers, mid-season in July 2008 after it emerged that the club had not paid him wages amounting to several thousand pounds. Shortly afterwards he signed for Coventry Bees and teamed up with Chris Harris to win the Elite League Pairs Championship. Andersen rode for the Poole Pirates in 2009, and moved on to join the Belle Vue Aces for the 2010 season. He returned to the Peterborough Panthers team towards the end of the 2011 season, replacing Nicki Pedersen. Andersen led Swindon Robins to Elite League glory in 2012, and on 28 January he eventually was able to ride for the Wiltshire side again in 2013 following a winter-long battle with parent club Peterborough.
In 2016, he signed for Poole Pirates, and he was with them again in 2017. He was with Leicester Lions in 2018 before riding with Peterborough Panthers in 2019.
Speedway Grand Prix results
| Year | Position | Points | Best Finish | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 40th | 1 | 23rd | 1 ride only as a wild card |
| 2003 | 17th | 41 | 8th (twice) | |
| 2004 | 9th | 80 | Winner | Won Scandinavian GP |
| 2005 | 12th | 64 | 4th | |
| 2006 | 6th | 101 | Winner (twice) | Won as a wild card then replaced retired rider winning further round |
| 2007 | 5th | 107 | Second | |
| 2008 | 5th | 140 | Winner | Won in Italy, runner up at Czech, Scandinavian and German GP. Third in Slovenia. |
| Final Championship standings: | 5th | 107 | Riding No (6) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | ||
| 1/11 | Italian SGP | 7 | 9 | (2,1,1,2,3) +0 | 1 |
| 2/11 | European SGP | 2 | 13 | (0,3,1,0,2) +3 +2 | 8 |
| 3/11 | Swedish SGP | 2 | 20 | (3,2,3,3,2) +3 +2 | 5 |
| 4/11 | Danish SGP | 5 | 12 | (3,3,1,2,3) +E | 9 |
| 5/11 | British SGP | 5 | 13 | (3,3,3,2,1) +1 | 2 |
| 6/11 | Czech Rep. SGP | 9 | 8 | (2,1,2,2,1) | 16 |
| 7/11 | Scandinavian SGP | 4 | 12 | (3,1,1,3,2) +2 +0 | 8 |
| 8/11 | Latvian SGP | 12 | 5 | (X,3,2,X,E) | 10 |
| 9/11 | Polish SGP | 16 | 3 | (2,X,0,1,0) | 4 |
| 10 /11 | Slovenian SGP | 15 | 3 | (1,0,F,2,E) | 7 |
| 11 /11 | German SGP | 7 | 9 | (3,2,3,0,1) +X | 6 |
| Final Championship standings: | 5th | 140 | Riding No (5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | ||
| 1/11 | Slovenian SGP | 3 | 14 | (0,3,3,2,2) +2 +2 | 15 |
| 2/11 | European SGP | 10 | 6 | (0,1,3,1,1) | 12 |
| 3/11 | Swedish SGP | 8 | 8 | (1,3,3,f,0) | 8 |
| 4/11 | Danish SGP | 4 | 11 | (3,1,2,3,0) +2 +0 | 6 |
| 5/11 | British SGP | 7 | 9 | (0,3,1,1,3) | 14 |
| 6/11 | Czech Rep. SGP | 2 | 16 | (2,3,1,1,2) +3 +2 | 13 |
| 7/11 | Scandinavian SGP | 2 | 20 | (3,3,3,3,1) +3 +2 | 2 |
| 8/11 | Latvian SGP | 10 | 7 | (1,2,0,3,1) | 14 |
| 9/11 | Polish SGP | 5 | 10 | (1,2,3,2,1) +1 | 1 |
| 10 /11 | Italian SGP | 1 | 21 | (3,2,3,2,2) +3 +6 | 16 |
| 11 /11 | German SGP | 2 | 17 | (2,2,2,3,1) +3 +4 | 5 |