Emil Grøndal

{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}}

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| nationality = Danish

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|5|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Silkeborg, Denmark

| career1 = Denmark

| years2 = 2012–2014, 2018

| career2 = Holstebro

| years3 = 2014–2017, 2019

| career3 = Grindsted

| years4 = 2016

| career4 = Munkebo

| career10 = Great Britain

| career11 = Peterborough

| years11 = 2015-2016, 2018

| career12 = Swindon

| years12 = 2017

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| teamyear1 = 2012, 2013, 2015

| teamhonour1 = Team Speedway Junior European Championship 2 silver & 1 bronze

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Emil Grøndal (born 27 May 1995) is a former speedway rider from Denmark. He medalled three times at the Team Speedway Junior European Championship.

Career

Grøndal reached the final of the 2015 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. He also began his British speedway career riding for Peterborough Panthers in 2015.{{cite web |url=http://peterborough-speedway.com/news.php?extend.3373|title=

GRONDAL UPDATE |website=Peterborough Speedway|access-date=20 June 2021}} In 2016, he remained with Peterborough for the 2016 Premier League speedway season.

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Swindon Robins in the SGB Premiership 2017{{cite web |url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/speedway/15196208.danish-rider-emil-grondal-happy-to-keep-swindon-as-his-only-british-racing-commitment-in-2017/ |title=Danish rider Emil Grondal happy to keep Swindon as his only British racing commitment in 2017 |website=Swindon Advertiser |access-date=29 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/riderindex17_g|title=Grondal, Emil|website=British Speedway|access-date=20 June 2021}} before returning to Peterborough for the SGB Championship 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/speedway/breaking-news-emil-is-back-with-a-point-to-prove-1066504 |title=Emil is back with a point to prove |website=Peterborough Telegraph |access-date=29 August 2024}}

He announced his retirement from speedway in November 2020.

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