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Finn Thomsen

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Finn Thomsen
Born (1955-02-16) 16 February 1955 (age 69)
Arhus, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
1973-1974Piraterne Århus
Great Britain
1974-1977Wolverhampton Wolves
1978-1983Hackney Hawks
1984Poole Pirates
1986Swindon Robins
Individual honours
1973Danish Under-21 Champion
1976, 1977Danish Final
1980London Riders' Champion
1977Manpower Trophy
1983Vic Harding Memorial Trophy
Team honours
1978, 1981, 1983World Team Cup Winner
Competition record
Representing  Denmark
Speedway World Team Cup
Gold medal – first place 1978
Gold medal – first place 1981
Gold medal – first place 1983
Silver medal – second place 1979
Speedway World Pairs Championship
Silver medal – second place 1976
Bronze medal – third place 1978
Intercontinental Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1979

Finn Thomsen (born 16 February 1955 in Arhus, Denmark) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. He earned 30 caps for the Denmark national speedway team.[1]

Career

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Thomsen was a Speedway World Team Cup winner with the Denmark national speedway team in 1978, 1981 and 1983.

Thomsen first rode in the United Kingdom with the Wolverhampton Wolves during the 1974 British League season[2][3] where he spent four years steadily improving his average.[4]

In 1978, he was signed by Len Silver for the Hackney Hawks in a swap deal with Dave Morton, later becoming team captain in 1980. When Hackney closed at the end of the 1983 season, he moved to Poole Pirates for the 1984 season and rode for Swindon Robins in 1986.[4][5][6]

World Final Appearances

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Individual World Championship

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World Pairs Championship

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World Team Cup

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References

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  1. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Black's back in the Lions team". Leicester Daily Mercury. 8 April 1974. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Fenn, C.(2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. ISBN 0-7524-2737-7
  4. ^ a b "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  5. ^ Bamford/Shailes, Robert/Glynn (2007). The Story of Oxford Speedway. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-0-7524-4161-0.
  6. ^ "Finn flies in for his debut". Western Daily Press. 15 May 1986. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5