Patrick Hougaard
 | |
| Born |
23 May 1989 Fredericia, Denmark |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Denmark |
| Website |
www |
| Current club information | |
| British league | Leicester Lions |
| Polish league | Polonia Bydgoszcz |
| Danish league | Fjelsted |
| Career history | |
| 2006-2007 | Leszno (POL) |
| 2007 | Reading Racers |
| 2008-2009 | Tarnów (POL) |
| 2008-2012 | Belle Vue Aces |
| 2013 | Peterborough Panthers |
| 2014 | Polonia Bydgoszcz (POL) |
| 2014, 2016 | Leicester Lions |
| 2015 | Vargarna (SWE) |
| 2015 | Fjelsted (DEN) |
| Individual honours | |
| 2007 - 3rd place | European Championship |
| 2006 | U-19 Nordic Champion |
| 2007, 2009 | U-21 Danish Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 2010 | U-21 World Cup |
| 2008 - 3rd place | Team U-19 European Championship |
| 2007 | Team Polish Champion |
| 2014 | Danish League |
Patrick Hald Hougaard (born 23 May 1989)[1][2] is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.
Career
Patrick Hougaard was born in Fredericia to parents Søren and Dorthe. He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas.[1]
Hougaard won the Danish Under-21 championship in 2007, and first raced in the UK towards the end of the 2007 season, for Reading Racers.[3] He signed for the Belle Vue Aces midway through the 2008 season on leaving school.[4] He again won the Danish Under-21 title in 2009 and was part of the Danish team that won the under-21 team cup in 2010.[3] He stayed with Belle Vue until the end of the 2012 season, joining Peterborough Panthers in 2013.[5]
In December 2013 he signed to ride for Leicester Lions in their debut Elite League season in 2014.[6][7] He also signed to ride in Poland for Polonia Bydgoszcz.[8]
Speedway Grand Prix results
| 2008 SGP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
| — | Copenhagen | 18 | - | - | 18 |
| 2009 SGP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
| — | Copenhagen | 17 | |||
| permanent speedway rider | |
| wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve | |
| rider not classified (track reserve who did not start) |
World Championships
- Individual U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Championship)
- Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 Speedway World Cup)
European Championships
- Individual European Championship
- 2007 -
Wiener Neustadt - 3rd place (11 pts) - 2008 - 12th place in Semi-Final 1
- 2007 -
- Individual U-19 European Championship
- Team U-19 European Championship
Domestic competitions
- Individual Danish Championship
- 2005 - 11th place
- 2006 - 9th place
- 2007 - 9th place
- 2008 - 7th place
- Individual U-21 Danish Championship
- 2005 - 3rd place
- 2006 - Runner-up
- 2007 - Danish Champion
- 2008 - Runner-up
- 2009 Danish Champion
- Individual U-19 Nordic Championship
- 2006 - Nordic Champion
- Danish Speedway League
- 2004 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
- 2005 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
- 2006 - Danish Champion for team with Fredericia
- 2007 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
- Team Polish Championship (Speedway Ekstraliga)
- 2007 - Polish Champion with Unia Leszno
See also
References
- 1 2 www.ddnp.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
- ↑ Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) / 2008, pages 32-33, ISSN 1429-3285
- 1 2 "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-13
- ↑ "Speedway: Patrick Hougaard dealt Aces chance", Daily Mirror, 3 July 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2014
- ↑ "Patrick Hougaard signs new Belle Vue Aces contract", BBC, 8 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2014
- ↑ "Elite League Speedway: Leicester land Patrick Hougaard", Sky Sports, 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014
- ↑ "Leicester Lions: Hougaard joins Doyle and Korneliussen", BBC, 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
- ↑ "Patrick Hougaard zawodnikiem Polonii Bydgoszcz", polsatsport.pl, 29 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
External links
- (en) (da) Official webside
