Kenni Larsen
{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Kenni Larsen
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|06|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Odense, Denmark
| death_date =
| death_place =
| career1 = Denmark
| years2 = 2006, 2011–2016
| career2 = Outrup
| years3 = 2007–2009
| career3 = Holstebro
| years4 = 2010
| career4 = Vojens
| years5 = 2013–2015
| career5 = Munkebo
| career15 = Sweden
| years16 = 2015
| career16 = Smederna
| career17 = Great Britain
| years18 = 2008–2010
| career18 = Newcastle Diamonds
| years19 = 2011–2012
| career19 = Coventry Bees
| years20 = 2013
| career20 = Peterborough Panthers
| career21 = Poland
| years22 = 2011
| career22 = Kraków
| years23 = 2012
| career23 = Ostrów
| years24 = 2013
| career24 = Łódź
| years25 = 2014–2015
| career25 = Rzeszów
| indivyear1 = 2010
| indivhonour1 = Premier League Riders' Champion
| teamyear1 = 2010
| teamhonour1 = Premier Trophy
| teamyear2 = 2010
| teamhonour2 = Premier League Knockout Cup
| teamyear3 = 2010
| teamhonour3 = Premier League
}}
Kenni Arendt Larsen (born 14 June 1988), known as both Kenni Arendt and Kenni Larsen, is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/kenni-larsen/ |title=Kenni Larsen Dania |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=29 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}
Career
Born in Odense, Denmark, Larsen began his British speedway career in 2008 with Newcastle Diamonds, the first of three seasons that he rode for the club."[http://www.speedwaygb.co/riderindex11_l.html Rider Index]", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 27 February 2013
In 2010, he won the Premier Trophy, the Premier League Knockout Cup, and the Premier League play-offs with Newcastle. He capped of a superb season by winning the Premier League Riders Championship, held on 26 September at Owlerton Stadium.{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/speedway/kenni-larsen-clinches-league-riders-1420547 |title=Kenni Larsen clinches League riders' top spot |website=Chronicle Live |date=26 September 2010 |access-date=27 June 2023}}
In 2011, he moved up to the Elite League with Coventry Bees, staying with them in 2012 and captaining the team at Birmingham, a season in which he finished third in the team's averages.Rowe, David (2012) "[http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-warwickshire-sport/coventry-bees-speedway/coventry-bees-news/2012/08/16/coventry-speedway-kenni-larsen-will-lead-from-the-front-92746-31635428/ Coventry Speedway: Kenni Larsen will lead from the front]", Coventry Telegraph, 16 August 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2013 For 2013 he has signed for Peterborough Panthers."[http://www1.skysports.com/speedway/news/14465/8339141/Peterborough-snap-up-Danish-starlet-Kenni-Larsen-from-Newcastle Peterborough snap up Danish starlet Kenni Larsen from Newcastle]", Sky Sports, 18 December 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2013
He has also raced in Denmark for Vojens and Outrup and also in Poland and Sweden."[http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/336275/kenni-larsen-wierze-ze-bede-mocnym-punktem-lodzkiej-ekipy Kenni Larsen: Wierzę, że będę mocnym punktem łódzkiej ekipy]", sportowefakty.pl. Retrieved 27 February 2013
On 19 April 2016, Larsen was hospitalised and put into an induced coma after having a pellet removed from his brain following an apparent accident with an air gun."{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160425034108/http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/4807/kenni-in-airgun-accident Kenni in Airgun "Accident"]}}", speedwaygp.com, 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016 He woke from the coma on 1 May.Hartley, Laura (2016) "[http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/former-coventry-bees-rider-who-11269036 Former Coventry Bees rider who was accidentally shot in the head wakes from coma]", Coventry Telegraph, 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016