Dave Meijerink
{{Short description|Dutch speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Dave Meijerink
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| nationality = Dutch
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|23 March 2000}}
| birth_place = Schuinesloot, Netherlands
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| teamhonour1 = World Longtrack Team Champion
| teamyear1 = 2023
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Dave Meijerink (born 23 March 2000) is a long track rider, grasstrack racer and motorcycle speedway from the Netherlands.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedweek.com/steckbrief/19459/Dave-Meijerink.html |title=Dave Meijerink Steckbrief |website=Speedweek.com |access-date=14 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/dave-meijerink |title=Dave Meijerink |website=Sporto We Fakty |access-date=14 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://speedwaynews.pl/zawodnicy/dave-meijerink/ |title=Dave Meijerink |website=Speedway News |access-date=14 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://knmv.nl/2016/april/wk-deelname-voor-mika-meijer-en-dave-meijerink/ |title=WK deelname voor Mika Meijer en Dave Meijerink |website=KNMV |access-date=14 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/dave-meijerink/ |title=Dave Meijerink |website=Grasstrack GB |access-date=14 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fmb-bmb.be/36891/le-speedway-casque-dor-pour-dave-meijerink/ |title=The speedway golden helmet for Dave Meijerink |website=FÉDÉRATION MOTOCYCLISTE DE BELGIQUE |access-date=14 July 2023}}
Career
Meijerink was beginning to impress in the Netherlands during 2017{{cite web |url=https://meppelercourant.nl/sport/Grasbaancoureur-Dave-Meijerink-op-dreef-in-Stadskanaal-26717284.html |title=Grasbaancoureur Dave Meijerink op dreef in Stadskanaal |website=Meppeler Courant |access-date=2 September 2024 }} but came to prominence when he reached the finals of both the 2018 Team Long Track World Championship and the 2018 Individual Long Track World Championship. He finished just outside the medal placings in the former, finishing in fourth place.{{cite web|url=https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/world-longtrack-2018-team-championship/|title=Final scores|website=GrasstrackGB|access-date=17 July 2021}} He repeated the fourth-place finish in the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.bahnsport-info.de/Termine/fim-longtrack-of-nations-herxheim/|publisher=Bahn Sport|title=May 2022|access-date=19 September 2022}}
Meijerink has concentrated solely on Long track racing and grasstrack racing in recent years and finished 16th in the 2022 Individual Long Track World Championship{{cite magazine |author= |title=In the Medals |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |page=20 |location= |publisher= |date=1 October 2022 |access-date=}} and competed in the 2023 Individual Long Track World Championship.{{cite web | url=https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/harris-takes-his-second-fim-long-track-world-championship-win-to-snatch-series-lead|title=Harris takes second World Long Track win| website=FIM Moto| access-date=14 July 2023 }}
In 2023, he was part of the Dutch team, along with Romano Hummel, Mika Meijer and Jannick de Jong, that won the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.baansportfansite.nl/uitslagen/3078/long-track-of-nations-roden|publisher=Bahn Sport (In Dutch)|title=24 September 2023 in Roden|access-date=25 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://dvhn.nl/sport/De-speedwayrijders-zijn-wild-28967689.html |title='De speedwayrijders zijn wild en willen er allemaal uit.' Baansportseizoen start met ONK in Veenoord' |website=Dagblad van het Noorden |access-date=2 September 2024 |url-access=subscription }}