Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen (born 14 February 1994) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider.[1][2]

Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen
Born (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30)
Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2010–2013Holstebro
2013–2017Fjelsted
2018–2021Grindsted
Great Britain
2015, 2018Rye House Rockets
2016Peterborough Panthers
2017-2019, 2021Berwick Bandits
2019Poole Pirates
2019, 2021Belle Vue Aces
Sweden
2019Dackarna

Career

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Jakobsen reached four consecutive finals of the Speedway Under-21 World Championship from 2012 to 2015.[3]

In 2015, he began his British league career after he signed for Rye House Rockets for the 2015 Premier League speedway season. The following season he moved to Peterborough Panthers before riding for Berwick Bandits for two seasons.[1]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Belle Vue Aces and Poole Pirates in the SGB Premiership 2019.[4][5] In 2021, he returned to Berwick again to ride in the SGB Championship having been with the Scottish team since 2018.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen". Berwick Speedway. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  3. ^ "U21 history". speedwayu21. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "ARCHIVE OF LINKS FROM THE 2019 BRITISH SEASON". British Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen". WWOS backup. Retrieved 13 January 2023.