Bent Rasmussen
| Born | 13 July 1957 (age 67) Herning, Denmark |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Danish |
| Career history | |
| Denmark | |
| 1977 | Herning |
| Great Britain | |
| 1977–1978 | Hackney Hawks |
| 1978–1980 | King's Lynn Stars |
| 1981 | Cradley Heathens |
| Individual honours | |
| 1980 | Danish Championship bronze medal |
| Team honours | |
| 1981 | British League winner |
| 1980 | Gauntlet Gold Cup |
| 1980 | Inter-League Knockout Cup |
Bent Rasmussen (born 13 July 1957) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.[1][2][3][4] He earned 3 caps for the Denmark national speedway team.[5]
Career
[edit]Rasmussen made his British leagues debut in 1977, when he joined the Hackney Hawks for the 1977 British League season.[6] The following season he continued to ride for Hackney before switching to the King's Lynn Stars.[6]
He stayed with Hackney for the 1978 season[7] and although his 1978 British league performances were below expectation he won the Danish Final (world championship round) held in Fjelsted.[8][9]
Rasmussen continued to ride for King's Lynn in 1979 and 1980[10] and also represented the Denmark national speedway team at the 1979 Speedway World Team Cup.[11] During the 1980 Danish speedway season he won the bronze medal in the Danish Championship.
His final season in Britain was in 1981, with the Cradley Heathens following a transfer in the region of £8,000 from King's Lynn, at Cradley he rode in all 30 of Cradley's fixtures and helped them win the league championship.[3][12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990, Rider Bio Bent Rasmussen. Front Page Books. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who, Bent Rasmussen. Peter Oakes, Peterborough. ISBN 0-948882-81-6.
- ^ a b "Bent Rasmussen". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1978). 1978 Speedway Yearbook, Rider Bio Bent Rasmussen. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 978-0904584509.
- ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Bent Rasmussen". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "Yet another Kent signing for Thomas". Sheerness Times Guardian. 10 March 1978. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1978 season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Danish Qualification 1978". dlprezes.pl. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Teenage Swedish rider joins Stars". Lynn Advertiser. 17 March 1981. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1979 Speedway World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "Cradley Heath". Birmingham Mail. 12 March 1981. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Grahame can go". Daily Mirror. 2 February 1982. Retrieved 1 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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