Patrick Hougaard

Patrick Hougaard
Born (1989-05-23) 23 May 1989 (age 35)
Fredericia, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2004–2009, 2011–2014Holsted
2005–2006Fredericia
2010Vojens
2015–2017Fjelsted
2018Grindsted
Poland
2006-2007Leszno
2008-2010, 2013Tarnów
2011Grudziądz
2014-2015Bydgoszcz
2016-2017Kraków
2018Gdańsk
Sweden
2015Vargarna
Great Britain
2007Reading
2008-2012Belle Vue
2013Peterborough
2014, 2016Leicester
2017Somerset
Individual honours
2007 - 3rd placeEuropean Championship
2006U-19 Nordic Champion
2007, 2009Danish Under-21 champion
Team honours
2010U-21 World Cup
2008 - 3rd placeTeam U-19 European Championship
2007Team Polish Champion
2004-2007, 2014Danish League

Patrick Hald Hougaard (born 23 May 1989)[1][2] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark, who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.[3][4]

Career

Patrick Hougaard was born in Fredericia to parents Søren and Dorthe. He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas.[1]

Hougaard won the Danish Under-21 championship in 2007, and first raced in the UK towards the end of the 2007 season, for Reading Racers.[5] He signed for the Belle Vue Aces midway through the 2008 season on leaving school.[6] He again won the Danish Under-21 title in 2009 and was part of the Danish team that won the under-21 team cup in 2010.[5] He stayed with Belle Vue until the end of the 2012 season, joining Peterborough Panthers in 2013.[7]

In December 2013 he signed to ride for Leicester Lions in their debut Elite League season in 2014.[8][9] He also signed to ride in Poland for Polonia Bydgoszcz.[10]

In 2023, he was the team manager of Slangerup.[11]

Speedway Grand Prix results

2008 SGP
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw
— Denmark Copenhagen 18 - - 18
2009 SGP
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw
— Denmark Copenhagen 17
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

World Championships

European Championships

Domestic competitions

  • Individual Danish Championship
    • 2005 - 11th place
    • 2006 - 9th place
    • 2007 - 9th place
    • 2008 - 7th place
  • Individual U-21 Danish Championship
    • 2005 - 3rd place
    • 2006 - Runner-up
    • 2007 - Danish Champion
    • 2008 - Runner-up
    • 2009 Danish Champion
  • Individual U-19 Nordic Championship
    • 2006 - Nordic Champion
  • Danish Speedway League
    • 2004 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
    • 2005 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
    • 2006 - Danish Champion for team with Fredericia
    • 2007 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
  • Team Polish Championship (Speedway Ekstraliga)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b www.ddnp.co.uk[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
  2. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) / 2008, pages 32-33, ISSN 1429-3285
  3. ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Patrick Hougaard Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-13
  6. ^ "Speedway: Patrick Hougaard dealt Aces chance", Daily Mirror, 3 July 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  7. ^ "Patrick Hougaard signs new Belle Vue Aces contract", BBC, 8 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  8. ^ "Elite League Speedway: Leicester land Patrick Hougaard", Sky Sports, 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  9. ^ "Leicester Lions: Hougaard joins Doyle and Korneliussen", BBC, 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  10. ^ "Patrick Hougaard zawodnikiem Polonii Bydgoszcz Archived 2014-03-24 at the Wayback Machine", polsatsport.pl, 29 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  11. ^ "The League Team". Slangerup Speedway. Retrieved 6 August 2023.