Daniel Henderson (born 4 April 1991) is a motorcycle speedway and Ice speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2][3]
Born | 4 April 1991 Sweden | (age 33)
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Nationality | Swedish |
Career history | |
Sweden | |
2011–2012, 2015–2016 | Smederna |
2017 | Piraterna |
2018 | Västervik |
2019, 2023 | Lejonen |
2013, 2020–2022 | Rospiggarna |
2014 | Hammarby |
2023 | Vargarna |
2024 | Örnarna |
Poland | |
2023 | Piła |
Speedway career
editIn 2021, he suffered serious injuries in a crash, which resulted in 12 broken ribs and a spine injury and was close to announcing his retirement.[4][5] However he returned to speedway when riding for Rospiggarna in his native Sweden.
Henderson has reached every Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final from 2018 to 2022 and finished 5th in the 2020 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship.[6]
In 2023, he signed for Vargarna in the Swedish Allsvenskan and made his Polish debut in 2023 after signing for Polonia Piła.[7]
Family
editHis uncle Kenny Olsson died in a speedway crash in 2007.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Daniel Henderson". Elite Speedway. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Henderson". Speedway News. January 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "MISKOWIAK EXTENDS DEAL WITH SWEDISH LIONS". FIM. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Speedway - He was close to the end of his career. He returned after a serious injury and is waiting for his debut in Piła". Speedway News. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "After the nasty crash – Henderson has left Karolinska". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1936-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ "Turmoil in Piła The club trusted the 32-year-old debutants". Sporto We Fakyy Speedway. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ ""He was both a big brother and a father to me". Vimmerby Tidning. Retrieved 7 September 2024.