Kurt Wæde Petersen (born 2 December 1934) is a former Motorcycle speedway rider who was a four times champion of Denmark and the 1964 world longtrack champion.[1]

Kurt W. Petersen
Born(1934-12-02)2 December 1934
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
1958Amager
Great Britain
1961Norwich Stars
Individual honours
1964Long Track World Champion
1967Nordic Longtrack Champion
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963Danish Champion
1959, 1960, 1961
1962, 1963, 1964
1965, 1966, 1967
1968, 1969
Denmark Longtrack Champion

Speedway career

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Petersen was a four times champion of Denmark, winning the Danish Championship in 1960 to 1963.[2][3]

He competed in nine World Longtrack Championship Finals and became a world champion after winning the 1964.[4][5] He was the Denmark Longtrack Champion eleven times, in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969.[4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1961, riding for Norwich Stars.[6][7][8]

Speedway World Final appearances

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World Longtrack Championship

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Nordic Final

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World Pairs Championship

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References

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  1. ^ "Birthday: Kurt W. Petersen - 80 years". Stiften. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Danish Champions". wwosbackup. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Denmark's first international championship". Speedway Life. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Norwich snap up champion Kurt". Daily Mirror. 11 March 1961. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 9 August 2023.