Patrick Hougaard

{{Infobox Speedway rider

| image = PatrickHougaard.jpg

| name = Patrick Hougaard

| nationality = Danish

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|5|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fredericia, Denmark

| career1 = Denmark

| years2 = 2004–2009, 2011–2014

| career2 = Holsted

| years3 = 2005–2006

| career3 = Fredericia

| years4 = 2010

| career4 = Vojens

| years5 = 2015–2017

| career5 = Fjelsted

| years6 = 2018

| career6 = Grindsted

| career8 = Poland

| years9 = 2006-2007

| career9 = Leszno

| years10 = 2008-2010, 2013

| career10 = Tarnów

| years11 = 2011

| career11 = Grudziądz

| years12 = 2014-2015

| career12 = Bydgoszcz

| years13 = 2016-2017

| career13 = Kraków

| years14 = 2018

| career14 = Gdańsk

| career17 = Sweden

| years18 = 2015

| career18 = Vargarna

| career24 = Great Britain

| years25 = 2007

| career25 = Reading

| years26 = 2008-2012

| career26 = Belle Vue

| years27 = 2013

| career27 = Peterborough

| years28 = 2014, 2016

| career28 = Leicester

| years29 = 2017

| career29 = Somerset

| indivyear1 = 2007 - 3rd place

| indivhonour1 = European Championship

| indivyear2 = 2006

| indivhonour2 = U-19 Nordic Champion

| indivyear3 = 2007, 2009

| indivhonour3 = Danish Under-21 champion

| teamyear1 = 2010

| teamhonour1 = U-21 World Cup

| teamyear2 = 2008 - 3rd place

| teamhonour2 = Team U-19 European Championship

| teamyear3 = 2007

| teamhonour3 = Team Polish Champion

| teamyear4 = 2004-2007, 2014

| teamhonour4 = Danish League

}}

Patrick Hald Hougaard (born 23 May 1989)[http://www.ddnp.co.uk/hougaard/profile.aspx www.ddnp.co.uk]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) / 2008, pages 32-33, {{ISSN|1429-3285}} is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark, who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Rider_Index_2008.pdf |title=2008 Rider index |website=British Speedway |access-date=11 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/patrick-hougaard/ |title=Patrick Hougaard Dania |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=11 March 2023}}

Career

Patrick Hougaard was born in Fredericia to parents Søren and Dorthe. He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas.

Hougaard won the Danish Under-21 championship in 2007, and first raced in the UK towards the end of the 2007 season, for Reading Racers."[http://www.speedwaygb.co/riderindex11_h.html 2011 Rider Index]", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-13 He signed for the Belle Vue Aces midway through the 2008 season on leaving school."[https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/speedway-patrick-hougaard-dealt-aces-316381 Speedway: Patrick Hougaard dealt Aces chance]", Daily Mirror, 3 July 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2014 He again won the Danish Under-21 title in 2009 and was part of the Danish team that won the under-21 team cup in 2010. He stayed with Belle Vue until the end of the 2012 season, joining Peterborough Panthers in 2013."[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motorsport/15634763 Patrick Hougaard signs new Belle Vue Aces contract]", BBC, 8 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2014

In December 2013 he signed to ride for Leicester Lions in their debut Elite League season in 2014."[http://www1.skysports.com/speedway/news/12268/9073245/elite-league-speedway-leicester-land-patrick-hougaard Elite League Speedway: Leicester land Patrick Hougaard]", Sky Sports, 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/speedway/25349041 Leicester Lions: Hougaard joins Doyle and Korneliussen]", BBC, 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014 He also signed to ride in Poland for Polonia Bydgoszcz."[http://www.polsatsport.pl/zuzel/inne/patrick-hougaard-zawodnikiem-polonii-bydgoszcz.html#.Uy_ZG6h_snE Patrick Hougaard zawodnikiem Polonii Bydgoszcz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324093632/http://www.polsatsport.pl/zuzel/inne/patrick-hougaard-zawodnikiem-polonii-bydgoszcz.html#.Uy_ZG6h_snE |date=2014-03-24 }}", polsatsport.pl, 29 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014

In 2023, he was the team manager of Slangerup.{{cite web |url=https://www.slangerupspeedway.dk/500cc/ligaholdet/ |title=The League Team |website=Slangerup Speedway |access-date=6 August 2023}}