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Nicolai Klindt
Born (1988-12-29) 29 December 1988 (age 35)
Outrup, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2004, 2006–2008, 2010, 2024Outrup/Region Varde
2005Fredericia
2009, 2011, 2012–2015, 2018–2019Holsted
2016Grindsted
2017Esbjerg
2021–2023SES
Poland
2006-2007, 2012-2013Wrocław
2008Zielona Góra
2009, 2018-2022Ostrów
2010, 2022Rybnik
2011Daugavpils
2014Rzeszów
2015Łódź
2016Częstochowa
2017Kraków
2020Gorzów
2023–2024Gdańsk
Sweden
2006–2007Team Bikab
2008Smederna
2015Vetlanda
2021Lejonen
2022Dackarna
Great Britain
2008–2010, 2012Wolverhampton
2011, 2014Swindon
2013, 2022–2024King's Lynn
2013Peterborough
2013–2014, 2016Scunthorpe
2015Sheffield
2016Leicester
2017–2019Poole
2018Workington
2020–2021Ipswich
2024Oxford
Individual honours
2007U-19 European Champion
2020Danish championship silver medal
2006, 2008Danish U21 champion
Team honours
2010Speedway World Cup silver
2008, 2009U-21 World Cup silver medal
2015Elitserien League Champion
2018SGB Premiership 2018

Nicolai Klindt (born 29 December 1988) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider who won the 2007 Individual Under-19 European title.[1][2]

Career

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In 2006, Klindt won the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship and followed up the success by winning the 2007 European U19 title.[3]

In 2008, he signed for his first British league team Wolverhampton Wolves for the 2008 Elite League speedway season[4] and also won his second Danish U21 title.[5] He spent two more seasons at Wolves, improving his average to 6.91, making his debut for Denmark in the 2009 Speedway World Cup and winning a silver medal at the 2010 Speedway World Cup. He switch to the Swindon Robins in 2011 before returning to Wolves for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Over the next few seasons he rode for various clubs from 2014 to 2016. During the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons Klindt rode for Poole Pirates and helped them win the SGB Premiership 2018 and the 2017 and 2019 Premiership Shield. The following season he signed for Ipswich Witches but the 2020 season was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, however he returned to ride for them during the SGB Premiership 2021.[6]

In 2022, he joined the King's Lynn Stars for the SGB Premiership 2022.[7] Also in 2022, he helped SES win the 2022 Danish Super League.[8]

In 2023, he re-signed for King's Lynn as the team captain for the SGB Premiership 2023.[9] In August 2023, while riding in a Polish fixture he suffered a serious crash, which resulted in a broken neck but luckily he still had movement in his legs and arms.[10][11]

On his return from injury he signed for the Oxford Spires for the 2024 season[12] but was soon replaced by Erik Riss and subsequently returned to King's Lynn.[13]

Highlights

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nicolai Klindt". WWOS backup. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Nicolai Klindt". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Nicolai Klindt". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  4. ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  5. ^ "KLINDT TAKES DANISH TITLE". Wolverhampton Speedway. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Nicolai Klindt". Ipswich Speedway. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  7. ^ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  8. ^ "2022 table and results". Speedway Ligaen. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. ^ "KK back as Stars complete". British Speedway. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  10. ^ "STARS SKIPPER INJURED". British Speedway. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  11. ^ "King's Lynn skipper Nicolai Klindt speaks of crash which ended his season". Lynn News. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Magic news for Spires". British Speedway. December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Spires move for Riss". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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