Aage Hansen

Aage Hansen (13 April 1935 – 15 November 2023) was a Norwegian international motorcycle speedway rider.^[1] He earned 22 caps for the Norway national speedway team.^[2]

Aage Hansen

Hansen in 2010
Born	(1935-04-13)13 April 1935 Skreia, Toten, Norway
Died	15 November 2023(2023-11-15) (aged 88) Asker, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Career history
1957	Ipswich Witches
Individual honours
1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963	Norwegian Championship
1957	Nordic Champion
1957	Speedway World Championship finalist

Speedway career

Aage Hansen was a seven-time champion of Norway, winning the Norwegian Championship all years between 1956 - 1961, as well as in 1963. He also was the Nordic Speedway Champion in 1957, and won the Nordic Team Speedway Championship together with Sverre Harrfeldt in 1966.^[3][4]

Hansen also won two silver medals in the Norwegian Longtrack Championship in 1956 and 1963, and was a Nordic Longtrack Team Champion together with Leif Hveem in 1956.

Hansen reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship, a meeting in which he was recovering from a dislocated knee.^[5][6]

Hansen rode in the top tier of British Speedway for just one season,^[7][1] riding for Ipswich Witches^[8] during the 1957 Speedway National League, where he averaged 8.17.^[9]

Death

Aage Hansen died in Asker, Norway on 15 November 2023, at the age of 88.^[10][11]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1957 - London, Wembley Stadium - 12th - 4pts