Danish speedway rider (born 1989)
Patrick Hald Hougaard (born 23 May 1989)[1][2] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark, who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.[3][4]
Career
Patrick Hougaard was born in Fredericia to parents Søren and Dorthe. He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas.[1]
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.[5] He signed for the Belle Vue Aces midway through the 2008 season on leaving school.[6] 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.[5] He stayed with Belle Vue until the end of the 2012 season, joining Peterborough Panthers in 2013.[7]
In December 2013 he signed to ride for Leicester Lions in their debut Elite League season in 2014.[8][9] He also signed to ride in Poland for Polonia Bydgoszcz.[10]
In 2023, he was the team manager of Slangerup.[11]
Speedway Grand Prix results
World Championships
European Championships
Domestic competitions
- Individual Danish Championship
- 2005 - 11th place
- 2006 - 9th place
- 2007 - 9th place
- 2008 - 7th place
- Individual U-21 Danish Championship
- 2005 - 3rd place
- 2006 - Runner-up
- 2007 - Danish Champion
- 2008 - Runner-up
- 2009 Danish Champion
- Individual U-19 Nordic Championship
- Danish Speedway League
- 2004 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
- 2005 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
- 2006 - Danish Champion for team with Fredericia
- 2007 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
- Team Polish Championship (Speedway Ekstraliga)
See also
References
- ^ a b www.ddnp.co.uk[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
- ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) / 2008, pages 32-33, ISSN 1429-3285
- ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Patrick Hougaard Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ a b "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-13
- ^ "Speedway: Patrick Hougaard dealt Aces chance", Daily Mirror, 3 July 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2014
- ^ "Patrick Hougaard signs new Belle Vue Aces contract", BBC, 8 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2014
- ^ "Elite League Speedway: Leicester land Patrick Hougaard", Sky Sports, 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014
- ^ "Leicester Lions: Hougaard joins Doyle and Korneliussen", BBC, 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
- ^ "Patrick Hougaard zawodnikiem Polonii Bydgoszcz Archived 2014-03-24 at the Wayback Machine", polsatsport.pl, 29 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
- ^ "The League Team". Slangerup Speedway. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
Pardubice - 3rd place (2 pts)
Holsted - Runner-up (16 pts)
Gorzów Wlkp. - Runner-up (14 pts)
Rye House - Under-21 World Champion (11 pts)
Wiener Neustadt - 3rd place (11 pts)
Goričan - 16th place (3 pts)
Stralsund - 4th place (11 pts)