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
2010Slangerup
2011Grindsted
2012–2013, 2021Outrup/Varde
2014, 2019Fjelsted
2015Munkebo
2016–2017Holstebro
2018Esbjerg
2022–2023Holsted
Great Britain
2010–2011, 2013King's Lynn
2011Ipswich
2012, 2014, 2019Peterborough
2012–2014, 2017Leicester
2012Swindon
2014Wolverhampton
2015–2016Redcar
2017–2018Sheffield
2019Newcastle
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 results

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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