Mikkel B. Andersen
{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image =
| name= Mikkel Brøndum Andersen
| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|7|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Fjerritslev, Denmark
| career1 = Denmark
| years2 = 2013–2015
| career2 = Holstebro
| years4 = 2016–2018
| career4 = Region Varde
| years5 = 2019
| career5 = Grindsted
| years6 = 2021
| career6 = Nordjysk
| career10 = Great Britain
| years11 = 2018
| career11 = Redcar Bears
| years12 = 2019
| career12 = Glasgow Tigers
| career17 = Poland
| career18 = Krosno
| years18 = 2018
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Mikkel Brøndum Andersen (born 31 July 1996, Fjerritslev, Denmark) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/mikkel-andersen/ |title=Mikkel Brøndum Andersen Dania |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=30 March 2023}} He is not to be confused with another Danish speedway rider Mikkel Andersen (son of Brian Andersen).
Career
In 2016, he won the Nordic U-21 Speedway Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/riderindex2018| title=RIDERS - A - British Speedway Official Website |website=British Speedway| access-date=30 March 2023}} The following season in 2017 he was signed by Swindon Robins for the 2017 season{{cite web |url=https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/sport/14945593.speedway-rossiter-signs-highly-rated-young-dane-mikkel-andersen/ |title=Rossiter signs highly-rated young Dane Mikkel Andersen |website=Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard |access-date=29 August 2024}} but a problem over the points limits for the team led to the signing falling through.{{cite web |url=https://www.swindon-speedway.com/_mobile/news.php?extend.2804 |title=Robins CEO clarifies switch |website=Swindon Speedway |access-date=29 August 2024}}
He joined the Redcar Bears in 2018{{cite web |url=http://redcarbears.co/2017/12/22/bears-delighted-to-announce-three-more-riders |title=Bears delighted to announce three more riders! |publisher=Redcarbears.co |date=2017-12-22 |access-date=2018-05-25}} after having previously raced at the South Tees Motorsports Park during the Tesside Silver Helmet in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/speedway/redcar-bears-riders-pipped-close-10033277 |title=Redcar Bears riders pipped in close Silver Helmet tussle |website=Teesside Live |access-date=29 August 2024}} He moved to Glasgow Tigers in 2019.
Family
References
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Category:Danish speedway riders
Category:People from Jammerbugt Municipality
Category:Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region
Category:Glasgow Tigers riders
Category:Danish expatriate speedway riders in Scotland
Category:Danish expatriate speedway riders in England
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