{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}} {{For-multi|the Canadian ice hockey player who was selected by the Minnesota North Stars|1974 NHL amateur draft|people with similar names|Brian Anderson (disambiguation){{!}}Brian Anderson}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Use British English|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | image = | name = Brian Andersen | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|3|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Sønderborg]], Denmark
| career1 = '''Denmark''' | years2 = 1990–1995 | career2 = [[Fredericia Speedway|Fredericia]] | years3 = 2000–2001 | career3 = [[Herning Speedway Klub|Herning]] | years4 = 2002 | career4 = [[Kronjylland Speedway Klub|Kronjylland]] | career5 = '''Great Britain''' | career6 = [[Coventry Bees]] | years6 = 1992-1999 | career7 = [[Oxford Cheetahs]] | years7 = 2000-2002 | career8 = '''Poland''' | years9 = 1991 | career9 = [[PSŻ Poznań|Poznań]] | years10 = 1995, 1997 | career10 = [[Stal Rzeszów (motorcycle speedway)|Rzeszów]] | years11 = 1998-1999 | career11 = [[Unia Leszno|Leszno]] | years12 = 2000 | career12 = [[WTS Wrocław|Wrocław]] | years13 = 2001 | career13 = [[Włókniarz Częstochowa|Częstochowa]] | career14 = '''Sweden''' | years15 = 1998-2000 | career15 = [[Masarna]] | years16 = 2000 | career16 = [[Filbyterna]] | years17 = 2001 | career17 = [[Kaparna]] | years18 = 2002 | career18 = [[Vargarna]]
| indivhonour1 = [[Individual Speedway Danish Championship|Danish Champion]] | indivyear1 = 1995, 1999 | indivyear2 = [[1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain|1997]] | indivhonour2 = Grand Prix wins | indivyear3 = [[1991 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship|1991]] | indivhonour3 = [[Individual Speedway Junior World Championship|U-21 World Champion]] | teamyear1 = 1996, 1998 | teamhonour1 = [[Speedway World Team Cup|World Cup]] bronze | teamyear2 = 2000 | teamhonour2 = [[Elitserien (speedway)|Elitserien Champion]] | teamyear3 = 1998 | teamhonour3 = [[Allsvenskan (speedway)|Allsvenskan Div 1 Champion]] }}
'''Brian Askel Andersen''' (born 13 March 1971) is a Danish former international [[motorcycle speedway]] rider.<ref name=wwos>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/130/brian-andersen |title=Brian Andersen |website=WWOS backup |access-date=14 January 2023}}</ref> He earned 12 caps for the [[Denmark national speedway team]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>
== Career == Andersen reached the final of the [[Speedway Under-21 World Championship|Under-21 World Championship]] in 1990. The following year, he won the championship to become the [[1991 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship|1991 Junior World Champion]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19920309/006/0006 |title=World-beater Brian expects a tough ride |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=9 March 1992 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref> In the final he defeatied fellow Dane [[Morten Andersen (speedway rider)|Morten Andersen]] in a run-off for the title after both riders had finished on 14 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/91.htm|title=1991|website=Speedway.org|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Andersen leads dazzling Danes to Brandon glory |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=1 October 1991 |access-date=9 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19911001/030/0030 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The success brought him to the attention of British leagues and [[Coventry Bees]] signed him for the [[1992 British League season]].<ref name=wwos/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001934/19920716/341/0039 |title=Dane Brian opts out of a losing streak |work=Rugby Advertiser |date=16 July 1992 |page=39|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2026}}</ref>
He drove up his average over the following seasons for Coventry and established himself as one of their leading riders. In 1995, he won the [[Individual Speedway Danish Championship]]. In 1996, he finished second in the [[1996 Intercontinental Final]], which qualified him for his first [[Speedway Grand Prix]] series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/96.htm#1996 |title=Speedway World Championship History - 1996 |website=International Speedway |access-date=14 January 2023}}</ref> He later became the captain of Coventry.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19990928/077/0077 |title=Andersen's Sights Set On Lonigo |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=28 September 1999 |page=77 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2026}}</ref>
He rode in the Grand Prix between 1997 and 2001, and won two bronze medals in the [[Speedway World Team Cup]]. He won the Danish Championship for the second time in 1999, which was also his last season for Coventry before he moved to join [[Oxford Cheetahs]] for the [[2000 Elite League speedway season]].<ref name=wwos/>
In 2001, he was part of the Oxford Cheetahs title winning team in [[2001 Elite League speedway season|2001]].<ref name=wwos/>
==Family== His brother [[Jan Andersen (speedway rider)|Jan Andersen]] was a speedway rider. His son [[Mikkel Andersen (speedway rider, born 2008)|Mikkel Andersen]] is also a speedway rider and the 2022 FIM Speedway Youth World Championship (SGP3) world champion.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dad can barley watch |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |page=30|location= |publisher= |date=19 September 2022 |access-date=}}</ref>
==Major results== ===World individual Championship=== *[[1997 Speedway Grand Prix]] - 6th (80 pts) including winning the [[1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain]] *[[1998 Speedway Grand Prix]] - 16th (31 pts) *[[1999 Speedway Grand Prix]] - 22nd (12 pts) *[[2000 Speedway Grand Prix]] - 23rd (15 pts) *[[2001 Speedway Grand Prix]] - 18th (23 pts)
===World team Championships=== *[[1996 Speedway World Team Cup]] - '''bronze medal''' *[[1998 Speedway World Team Cup]] - '''bronze medal''' *[[2000 Speedway World Team Cup]] - =5th *[[2001 Speedway World Cup]] - 4th
== See also == * [[Denmark national speedway team]] * [[List of Speedway Grand Prix riders]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
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