Jan Jakobsen

Jan Jakobsen
Born12 May 1965 (1965-05-12)
Middelfart, Denmark
Died23 August 2020 (aged 55)
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
1981–1992Fjelsted
2000Holstebro
Great Britain
1987Cradley Heathens
Individual honours
1984Danish U21 champion
Team honours
1986, 1992Danish Speedway League

Jan Jakobsen (12 May 1965 – 23 August 2020) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.

Career

Jakobsen came to prominence after winning the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship in 1984.

Jakobsen reached the final of the Under-21 World Championship in 1986. Also in 1986, he won the Danish Speedway League with Fjelsted Speedway Klub.

Jakobsen started racing in the British leagues during the 1987 British League season, when riding for the Cradley Heathens as a replacement for Alan Grahame. He had initially been targeted by Swindon Robins that season. He won another Danish Speedway League title with Fjelsted in 1992.

Jakobsen was also a successful team manager but died in 2020.

Personal life

Jakobsen's son Frederik is a speedway rider.

References

  1. 1 2 "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Jan Jakobsen" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990, rider profile Jan Jakobsen. Front Page Books. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  3. ↑ Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who, Profile Jan Jakobsen. Peter Oakes, Peterborough. ISBN 0-948882-81-6.
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  5. ↑ "1986". Speedway.org. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Super League". Speedway Life. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Danish Superliga". Dansk Speedway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "New Dane at Dudley Wood". Sandwell Evening Mail. 24 June 1987. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Jan Jakobsen". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Robins go for Dane". Western Daily Press. 27 May 1987. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "MINDEORD JAN JAKOBSEN". Vojens Speedway Center. Retrieved 28 June 2023.