Matias Nielsen

Matias Nielsen
Born28 July 1999 (1999-07-28) (age 25)
Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2018–2024Esbjerg
Poland
2020-2021, 2024Poznań
2022–2023Ostrów
Sweden
2020Dackarna
2023Lejonen
2024Västervik
Team honours
2020Team U21 World Championship silver
2020, 2022Team Junior European Championship silver
2023Danish League

Matias Nielsen (born 28 July 1999) is a speedway rider from Denmark.[1][2][3][4]

Speedway career

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Nielsen came to prominence in 2019 when he won the silver medal at the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship.[5] The following season he repeated the success and also won a silver medal at both the 2020 Team Speedway Junior European Championship and the 2020 Team Speedway Junior World Championship.[6]

In 2022, he won his second European Junior Championship silver medal[7] and rode for Ostrów in Poland and Esbjerg in Denmark.[8] In 2023, he helped Esbjerg Vikings win the Danish League.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Matias Nielsen". Elite Speedway. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Matias Nielsen". Speedway News. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Matias Nielsen". Esbjerg Speedway. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Interview med Matias Nielsen". Helsingor Dagblad. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  5. ^ "U21 DM-finale: Matias Nielsen satser på hjemmebanefordel". Ugiavisen. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Speedway Of Nations 2 (U21) Final". Speedway updates.
  7. ^ "European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship: Poland wins on home soil". FIM. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Matias Nielsen". PGE Exstraliga. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Becker leads Vikings' Danish title charge". FIM. Retrieved 24 September 2023.