Patrick Hougaard
Born (1989-05-23) 23 May 1989
Fredericia, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2004–2009, 2011–2014Holsted
2005–2006Fredericia
2010Vojens
2015–2017Fjelsted
2018Grindsted
Poland
2006-2007Leszno
2008-2010, 2013Tarnów
2011Grudziądz
2014-2015Bydgoszcz
2016-2017Kraków
2018Gdańsk
Sweden
2015Vargarna
Great Britain
2007Reading
2008-2012Belle Vue
2013Peterborough
2014, 2016Leicester
2017Somerset
Individual honours
2007 - 3rd placeEuropean Championship
2006U-19 Nordic Champion
2007, 2009Danish Under-21 champion
Team honours
2010U-21 World Cup
2008 - 3rd placeTeam U-19 European Championship
2007Team Polish Champion
2004-2007, 2014Danish League

Patrick Hald Hougaard (born 23 May 1989)[1][2] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark, who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.[3][4]

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.[5] He signed for the Belle Vue Aces midway through the 2008 season on leaving school.[6] 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.[5] He stayed with Belle Vue until the end of the 2012 season, joining Peterborough Panthers in 2013.[7]

In December 2013 he signed to ride for Leicester Lions in their debut Elite League season in 2014.[8][9] He also signed to ride in Poland for Polonia Bydgoszcz.[10]

In 2023, he ws the team manager of Slangerup.[11]

Speedway Grand Prix results

2008 SGP
Grand PrixPos.Pts.HeatsDraw
—Denmark Copenhagen18-- 18
2009 SGP
Grand PrixPos.Pts.HeatsDraw
—Denmark Copenhagen 17
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

World Championships

European Championships

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)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 www.ddnp.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
  2. ↑ Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) / 2008, pages 32-33, ISSN 1429-3285
  3. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Patrick Hougaard Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-13
  6. ↑ "Speedway: Patrick Hougaard dealt Aces chance", Daily Mirror, 3 July 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  7. ↑ "Patrick Hougaard signs new Belle Vue Aces contract", BBC, 8 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  8. ↑ "Elite League Speedway: Leicester land Patrick Hougaard", Sky Sports, 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  9. ↑ "Leicester Lions: Hougaard joins Doyle and Korneliussen", BBC, 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  10. ↑ "Patrick Hougaard zawodnikiem Polonii Bydgoszcz Archived 2014-03-24 at the Wayback Machine", polsatsport.pl, 29 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  11. ↑ "The League Team". Slangerup Speedway. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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