Lasse Bjerre Jensen (born 31 October 1993)[1] is a speedway rider who won the 2010 Under-21 World Cup with the Denmark team.[2]
Bjerre was born in Esbjerg, Denmark in 1993.[3] His brother, Kenneth (born 1984), is also a speedway rider.[4] They have two sisters Janni and Lotte. Their parents are Ivan and Vibeke.[5]
Bjerre was part of the Danish team that won the World under-21 Team Cup in 2010, and he won the Danish Under-21 Championship in 2011.[3]
He rode for King's Lynn Stars in the latter part of the 2010 season, and became a Peterborough Panthers asset towards the end of that year.[6] He rode again for King's Lynn in 2011, doubling up with Ipswich Witches.[3] He was part of the Ipswich team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 23 October 2011, at Beaumont Park Stadium.[7]
He signed to ride for Peterborough Panthers in the Elite League in 2012 in a doubling-up role,[8] and also in the Premier League with Leicester Lions. In June 2012 he was dropped by Panthers[9] but in August 2012, joined Swindon Robins.
In 2017, he won the SGB Championship Pairs partnering Kyle Howarth for Sheffield Tigers during the SGB Championship 2017 season.[10][11] He signed again for Sheffield in 2018[12] before joining Newcastle in 2019.