René Bach
{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image =
| name = René Bach
| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hjordkær, Denmark
| career1 = Denmark
| years2 = 2007–2009, 2012
| career2 = Fjelsted
| years3 = 2010–2011
| career3 = Slangerup
| years4 = 2013–2018
| career4 = Esbjerg
| years5 = 2019–2025
| career5 = Holsted
| career8 = Poland
| years9 = 2008, 2014
| career9 = Łódź
| years10 = 2009, 2015
| career10 = Piła
| years11 = 2014
| career11 = Kraków
| years12 = 2016
| career12 = Rzeszów
| years13 = 2018-2019
| career13 = Bydgoszcz
| years14 = 2020
| career14 = Opole
| years15 = 2021, 2024
| career15 = Daugavpils
| years16 = 2023
| career16 = Tarnów
| career23 = Great Britain
| years24 = 2009–2011
| career24 = Newcastle
| years26 = 2009, 2012
| career26 = Peterborough
| years27 = 2012–2015, 2018
| career27 = Workington
| years28 = 2016
| career28 = Glasgow
| indivyear1 = 2010
| indivhonour1 = Danish U21 Champion
| teamyear1 = 2010
| teamhonour1 = U-21 World Cup
| teamyear2 = 2010
| teamhonour2 = Premier Trophy
| teamyear3 = 2010
| teamhonour3 = Premier League Knockout Cup
| teamyear4 = 2010
| teamhonour4 = Premier League Playoffs
| teamyear5 = 2012
| teamhonour5 = Premier League Pairs
}}
René Bach (born 7 June 1990, in Hjordkær, Rødekro)Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) 2009, pages 62-63, {{ISSN|1429-3285}}[http://speedway.com.pl/riders/rene-bach/ www.speedway.com.pl]. Retrieved on 2009-04-18. is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/rene-bach/ |title=René Bach Dania |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=9 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=30 May 2023}}
Career
He was a member of the Denmark U-21 national team.
He started his British leagues career in 2009, joining the Newcastle Diamonds for the 2009 Premier League speedway season. The following season he recorded a 9.42 average for the Diamonds. After a short spell at Peterborough{{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/speedway/90673/Danish-teen-to-replace-Zabik |title=Danish teen to replace Zabik |website=Daily Express |access-date=13 September 2024 }} he signed for the Workington Comets and in 2012, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Adam Roynon for Workington during the 2012 Premier League speedway season.{{cite web |url=http://www.cradleyspeedway.co.uk/riders/ad_roynon.htm |title=Adam Roynon profile |website=Cradley Speedway |access-date=30 May 2023}}
He would spend three more seasons with the club from 2013 to 2015. Bach had a season in Scotland with Glasgow Tigers in 2016{{cite web |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/moresport/14593312.speedway-bach-to-the-start/ |title=Speedway: Bach to the start |website=Glasgow Times |access-date=29 August 2024}} before returning for one final season with Workington in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/other-sport/workington-comets/16764071.workington-comets-rene-bach-quits-uk-speedway/ |title=Workington Comets' Rene Bach quits UK speedway |website=Cumberland News and Star |access-date=29 August 2024}}
Results
= World Championships =
- Individual U-21 World Championship
- 2009 - 11th place in Qualifying Round 5
- Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 Speedway World Cup)
- 2008 - {{flagicon|DEN}} Holsted - Runner-up (6 pts)
- 2009 - {{flagicon|POL}} Gorzów Wlkp. - Runner-up (7 pts)
- 2010 - {{flagicon|ENG}} Rye House - Under-21 World Champion (15 pts)
= European Championships =
- Individual U-19 European Championship
- 2008 - track reserve at Semi-Final 2
- 2009 - {{flagicon|POL}} Tarnów - 15th place (2 pts)
- Team U-19 European Championship
- 2009 - {{flagicon|DEN}} Holsted - 3rd place (9 pts)
= Domestic competitions =
- Team Polish Championship
- 2008 - 4th place in Second League (Average 0.800 in 5 heats) for Łódź
- 2009 - Second League for Piła