(1961-11-09) 9 November 1961 (age 62) Roager, Denmark
Nationality
Danish
Career history
Denmark
1990
Fredericia
Great Britain
1979-1988, 1990-1992
Coventry Bees
Individual honours
1975, 1976
Danish Under-16 Champion
1978
Danish Under-21 Champion
1980
European Under-21 Champion
1981, 1985, 1993
Nordic Final Champion
1982
Pride of the East winner
1985, 1987, 1994
Danish Gold Bar winner
1986
Midland Riders' Champion
1988
Lobos Tomicek Memorial winner
1997
Danish Champion
1997
Danish Final winner
1982, 1984
Brandonapolis
1982
Golden Gauntlets
1997
Golden Gala - Italy
Team honours
1981, 1985, 1986 1987, 1988, 1991 1995, 1997
World Team Cup
1985, 1991
World Pairs Champion
1979
British League Champion
1979, 1981, 1982
Midland Cup
1980
Midland League
1981
British League Cup
Competition record
Representing Denmark
Speedway World Championship
1981
Speedway World Team Cup
1981
1985
1986
1987
1988
1991
1995
1997
1982
1993
1990
1994
Speedway World Pairs Championship
1985
1991
1993
Intercontinental Cup
1986
Tommy Knudsen (born 9 November 1961 in Roager, Denmark)[1] is a former Motorcycle speedway rider who won eight Speedway World Team Cups, and two World Pairs. He is not to be confused with Tom P. Knudsen (born 1968), another rider from the period.[2]
^Tanner R. Speedway Star magazine (30 August 1986)
^"ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
TommyKnudsen (born 9 November 1961 in Roager, Denmark) is a former Motorcycle speedway rider who won eight Speedway World Team Cups, and two World Pairs...
achieved their greatest success, led by TommyKnudsen they won the league title and became champions of Denmark. Knudsen also became the individual champion...
both former World Champion Ole Olsen of Denmark and later another Dane TommyKnudsen on the finish line. His only loss of the night was finishing second...
Ivan Mauger, Hans Nielsen, Michael Lee, Shawn Moran, Simon Wigg and TommyKnudsen, as well as Australian's Phil Crump, Rod Hunter, Mark Fiora and Todd...
Championship. The final was held at Holsted on 23 May. The title was won by TommyKnudsen. The Championship formed part of the 1998 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification...
Lars Henrik Jørgensen Kenneth Arnfred Robert Csillik Brian Koch Vojens TommyKnudsen Jan Stæchmann Fredericia "1985 to 1989". Dansk Speedway. Retrieved 6...
Björn Knutson) - 44pts 1986* - Denmark (Hans Nielsen / Erik Gundersen / TommyKnudsen / Jan O. Pedersen / John Jørgensen) - 130pts * Ullevi hosted the first...
Matej Žagar 5 22 Ryan Sullivan 4 Hans N. Andersen 4 Leon Madsen 4 25 TommyKnudsen 3 Krzysztof Kasprzak 3 Antonio Lindbäck 3 Patryk Dudek 3 Dan Bewley...
Championship. The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was won by the Dane TommyKnudsen. In 2022, the stadium was renamed in honour of former speedway rider...
series - scoring 103 points and winning one of six races (fellow Dane TommyKnudsen actually won two, but was too inconsistent and finished tenth), fifteen...
Continuing to challenge at the highest level they signed riders like TommyKnudsen and Brian Andersen and won another league title in 1993. Unfortunately...
Jørgensen (4) TommyKnudsen (4) Bo Petersen (4) 1991 Vojens Speedway Center Vojens Denmark 51 Jan O. Pedersen (15) Hans Nielsen (14) TommyKnudsen (13) Gert...
Rider Total 1 Ole Olsen 15 2 Bo Petersen 13 3 Erik Gundersen 12+3 4 TommyKnudsen 12+2 5 Hans Nielsen 12+1 6 Jens Henry Nielsen 8+3 7 Finn Thomsen 8+2...
1983 and 1988. Other key riders during the period were Erik Gundersen, TommyKnudsen, Jan O. Pedersen and Finn Thomsen. Further World Cup wins came in 1991...
White City Stadium (with Ole Olsen / Hans Nielsen / Erik Gundersen / TommyKnudsen) - 2nd - 27pts (4) 1984 - Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Bo Petersen...
Season City Stadium Winner 1 1995 Abensberg Motorstadion TommyKnudsen result 2 1996 Pocking Rottalstadion Hans Nielsen result 3 1997 Landshut Ellermühle...
WTS Wrocław won the gold medal. Their team included riders such as TommyKnudsen, Dariusz Śledź and Piotr Baron. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway...
fifth time. He defeated rival TommyKnudsen by overtaking his aggregate score in their final heat against each other. Knudsen had led by a single point going...
of the European Under-21 Championships. The Championship was won by TommyKnudsen. 20 July 1980 Rottalstadion, Pocking m - exclusion for exceeding two...
Year Winners Points 1986 Denmark (Erik Gundersen / Hans Nielsen / TommyKnudsen / Jan O. Pedersen / John Jørgensen) 130pts 1989 England (Jeremy Doncaster...