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Jan Jakobsen
Danish speedway rider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jan Jakobsen (12 May 1965 – 23 August 2020) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.[1][2][3][4]
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Career
Jakobsen came to prominence after winning the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship in 1984.
He reached the final of the Under-21 World Championship in 1986.[5] Also in 1986, he won the Danish Speedway League with Fjelsted Speedway Klub.[6][7]
He started racing in the British leagues during the 1987 British League season, when riding for the Cradley Heathens as a replacement for Alan Grahame.[8][9][1][4] He had initially been targeted by Swindon Robins that season.[10] He won another Danish Speedway League title with Fjelsted in 1992.
He was also a successful team manager but died in 2020.[11]
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Personal life
His son Frederik Jakobsen is a speedway rider.[4]
References
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