Morten Andersen (speedway rider)
{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}}
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{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Morten Andersen
| image =
| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|11 April 1970}}
| birth_place = Middelfart, Denmark
| death_date =
| death_place =
| career1 = Denmark
| career2 = Fjelsted
| years2 = 1991–1995
| career3 = Great Britain
| career4 = Swindon
| years4 = 1991
| career5 = Oxford
| years5 = 1992
| career6 = Cradley Heath
| years6 = 1993–1994
| career7 = King's Lynn
| years7 = 1995
| indivyear1 = 1991
| indivhonour1 = World U21 silver medal
| indivyear2 = 1991
| indivhonour2 = Danish U21 bronze medal
| teamyear1 = 1992
| teamhonour1 = World Cup finalist
| teamyear2 = 1992
| teamhonour2 = Danish Speedway League
}}
Morten Andersen (born 11 April 1970) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=Speedway Yearbook 1990, Rider Bio Morten Andersen |year=1990 |page= |publisher=Front Page Books |isbn=0-948882-15-8}}{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=British Speedway Who's Who, Morten Andersen |year=2004 |page= |publisher=Peter Oakes, Peterborough |isbn=0-948882-81-6}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cradleyspeedway.co.uk/riders/morten.htm |title=Morten Andersen |website=Cradley Speedway |access-date=25 April 2023}}
Career
Andersen made his debut in the British League with Swindon Robins during the 1991 British League season.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/123/morten-andersen |title=Morten Andersen |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=25 April 2023}} It was during 1991 that he also reached the final of the Speedway Under-21 World Championship, having previously won the bronze medal at the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship. During the event, held at Brandon Stadium in Coventry, Andersen took the silver medal after finishing second behind fellow Dane Brian Andersen. Both riders had finished on 14 points but Brian Andersen won the race for the title.{{cite news |title=Andersen leads dazzling Danes to Brandon glory |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=1 October 1991 |access-date=9 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19911001/030/0030 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
Andersen also reached the finals of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship in 1993 and 1994.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmdanii.php |title=Danish Individual Championships |website=Speedway History |access-date=25 April 2023}}
The following season Andersen joined Oxford Cheetahs for the 1992 British League season, a season where he represented the Denmark national speedway team in the 1992 Speedway World Team Cup final.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate Rider Index |website=British Speedway |access-date=25 April 2023}}
He joined Cradley Heath for two seasons (1993 and 1994). His final season in Britain was with the King's Lynn Stars in 1995. He retired the same season after suffering a serious injury - ironically riding at Cradley - after which Doctors told him any further crashes could result in life changing repercussions.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-diary-heaven-helping-heathens-1420387.html |title=The Diary: Heaven helping Heathens |website=The Independent |date=3 June 1994 |access-date=25 April 2023}}
References
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