William Drejer
{{Short description|Danish speedway rider (born 2005)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = William Drejer
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| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|18 December 2005}}
| birth_place = Denmark
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| career1 = Denmark
| career2 = Slangerup
| years2 = 2022–2025
| career3 = Poland
| career4 = Tarnów
| years4 = 2022–2023
| career5 = Wrocław
| years5 = 2024
| career6 = Krosno
| years6 = 2025
| career7 = Sweden
| years8 = 2022–2023
| career8 = Vargarna
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| teamyear1 = 2024
| teamhonour1 = Danish league champion
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William Echardt Drejer (born 18 December 2005) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://speedwayligaen.dk/william-drejer-fortsaetter-i-2022/ |title=William Drejer |website=Danis Speedway League |access-date=31 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://speedwaynews.pl/zawodnicy/william-drejer/ |title=William Drejer |website=Speedway News |access-date=31 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/wiliam-drejer |title=William Drejer profile |website=Sporto We Fakty |access-date=31 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/william-drejer/ |title=William Drejer Dania |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=31 March 2023}}
Career
Drejer reached the final of the 2022 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship.{{cite magazine |author= |title=Speedway from Around the Globe (Czech Republic) |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |page=45|location= |publisher= |date=19 September 2022 |access-date=}}
He rides in the Danish Speedway League for Slangerup (2022 to 2024), in the Polish Ekstraliga for Tarnów (2022). and Vargarna in the Swedish Elitserien (2022).
In 2023, he was named in the Danish squad by team manager Nicki Pedersen.{{cite web |url=https://fimspeedway.com/news/speedway-gp-trio-named-on-rider-boss-pedersens-first-danish-squad-list |title=Speedway GP Trio Named in Rider-Boss Pedersen's First Danish Squad |website=FIM |access-date=31 March 2023}} In 2024, he qualified for the final series of the 2024 SGP2 (the World U21 Championship){{cite web |url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/swedish-duo-among-sgp2-qualifiers |title=Swedish duo among SGP2 qualifiers | website=FIM |access-date=9 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/sport/other-sport/berwick-speedway-star-leon-flint-qualifies-for-the-world-under-21-championships-4659190 |title=Berwick speedway star Leon Flint qualifies for the World Under-21 Championships |website=Northumberland Gazette |access-date=29 August 2024}} and won the Nordic U19 title.{{cite web |url=https://www.sn.dk/art3627123/frederikssund-kommune/nyhed/kaempe-triumf-william-drejer-kan-kalde-sig-nordens-bedste/ |title=Huge triumph - William Drejer can call himself the best in the Nordics |website=Sjaellandske Nyheder |access-date=29 August 2024}} Drejer helped Slangerup win the Danish Speedway League during the 2024 Danish speedway season.{{cite web |url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/mjj-stars-as-slangerup-ends-13-year-danish-title-drought |title=MJJ stars as Slangerup ends 13-year Danish title drought |website=FIM Speedway |access-date=19 September 2024 }}
In 2025, he joined Cellfast Wilki Krosno, after being loaned from WTS Sparta Wrocław, to replace the injured Mathias Pollestad at the time, in the U24 position.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
References
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Category:Danish speedway riders
Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen
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