Lasse Bjerre Explained

Lasse Bjerre
Nationality:Danish
Birth Date:31 October 1993
Birth Place:Esbjerg, Denmark
Career1:Denmark
Years2:2010
Career2:Slangerup
Years3:2011
Career3:Grindsted
Years4:2012–2013, 2021
Career4:Outrup/Varde
Years5:2014, 2019
Career5:Fjelsted
Years6:2015
Career6:Munkebo
Years7:2016–2017
Career7:Holstebro
Years8:2018
Career8:Esbjerg
Years9:2022–2023
Career9:Holsted
Career14:Great Britain
Years15:2010–2011, 2013
Career15:King's Lynn Stars
Years16:2011
Career16:Ipswich Witches
Years17:2012, 2014, 2019
Career17:Peterborough Panthers
Years18:2012–2014, 2017
Career18:Leicester Lions
Years19:2012
Career19:Swindon Robins
Years20:2014
Career20:Wolverhampton Wolves
Years21:2015–2016
Career21:Redcar Bears
Years22:2017–2018
Career22:Sheffield Tigers
Years23:2019
Career23:Newcastle Diamonds
Career28:Poland
Years29:2010-2011
Career29:Wrocław
Years30:2013
Career30:Piła
Indivyear1:2011
Indivhonour1:Danish Under-21 Champion
Teamyear1:2010
Teamhonour1:Team U-21 World Champion
Teamyear2:2017
Teamhonour2:SGB Championship
Teamyear3:2017
Teamhonour3:SGB Championship Pairs
Teamyear4:2011
Teamhonour4:Premier League Fours Champion

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]

Biography

Bjerre was born in Esbjerg, Denmark in 1993. His brother, Kenneth (born 1984), is also a speedway rider.[3] They have two sisters Janni and Lotte. Their parents are Ivan and Vibeke.[4]

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.[5]

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. 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]

Major results

World Championships

European Championships

Notes and References

  1. Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2010, pages 24-25,
  2. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 27 June 2023.
  3. Web site: Lasse Bjerre dołączył do brata . Polish . SportoweFakty.pl . 2010-02-02 . 2010-02-02 .
  4. Web site: Profil . Danish . lasse-bjerre.dk . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125601/http://lasse-bjerre.dk/default.asp?pid=19 . dead . 2011-07-19 . 2010-09-09 .
  5. "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-30
  6. "Kenneth and Lasse Bjerre sign for Peterborough Panthers", BBC, 8 November 2010, retrieved 2011-11-30
  7. Web site: 2011 season fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 8 July 2023.
  8. "Speedway: Peterborough Panthers announce 2012 Elite League line-up", BBC, 29 November 2011, retrieved 2011-11-30
  9. "Panthers Make Changes", speedway365.com, 3 June 2012, retrieved 2012-06-05
  10. Web site: Sheffield Tigers win Pairs title ahead of first leg of promotion showdown . The Star . 30 May 2023.
  11. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 8 July 2023.