Esben Hjerrild
{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
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| name = Esben Hjerrild
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| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|9 April 2002}}
| birth_place = Denmark
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| career1 = Denmark
| career2 = Esbjerg Vikings
| years2 = 2021–2022
| career3 = Grindsted
| years3 = 2022–2023
| career4 = Brovst
| years4 = 2024
| career5 = SES
| years5 = 2025
| career8 = Poland
| career9 = Opole
| years9 = 2022
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| teamyear1 = 2023
| teamhonour1 = World U23 Team silver
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Esben Hjerrild (born 9 April 2002) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://esbjergmotorsport.com/players/esben-hjerrild/ |title=Esben Hjerrild |website=Esbjerg Speedway |access-date=31 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://speedwaynews.pl/zawodnicy/esben-hjerrild/ |title=Esben Hjerrild |website=Speedway News |access-date=31 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.netavisengrindsted.dk/2022/08/15/esben-hjerrild-skifter-til-grindsted/ |title=Esben Hjerrild switches to Grindsted |website=Grindsted Speedway |access-date=31 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/esben-hjerrild/ |title=Esben Hjerrild Dania |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=31 March 2023}}
Career
Hjerrild reached the final of the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.fim-europe.com/european-u19-individual-speedway-championship-the-final/ |title=European U19 Individual Speedway Championship: the Final |website=FIM |access-date=23 December 2022}}
He rode in the Danish Speedway League for Grindsted (2022 to 2023){{cite web |url=https://www.netavisengrindsted.dk/2022/11/16/esben-hjerrild-fortsaetter-i-grindsted/ |title=Esben Hjerrild continues in Grindsted |website=Netavisen Grindsted |access-date=29 August 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://billundonline.dk/ung-komet-forlaenger-med-grindsted/ |title=Young Comet extends with Grindsted |website=Billund online |access-date=29 August 2024 }} and in the Team Speedway Polish Championship for Kolejarz Opole (2022).
In 2023, he was named in the Danish squad by team manager Nicki Pedersen.{{cite web |url=https://fimspeedway.com/news/speedway-gp-trio-named-on-rider-boss-pedersens-first-danish-squad-list |title=SPEEDWAY GP TRIO NAMED IN RIDER-BOSS PEDERSEN'S FIRST DANISH SQUAD |website=FIM |access-date=31 March 2023 |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331152328/https://fimspeedway.com/news/speedway-gp-trio-named-on-rider-boss-pedersens-first-danish-squad-list |url-status=dead }}
References
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Category:Danish speedway riders
Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen
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