{{Short description|Swedish speedway rider}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = David Ruud | image = David_Ruud.jpg | nationality = Swedish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|1|21}} | birth_place =
| career1 = '''Sweden''' | years2 = 2000 | career2 = Kaparna | years3 = 2000–2002, 2008–2014 | career3 = Lejonen | years4 = 2001–2003 | career4 = Västervik | years5 = 2004–2005, 2012–2014 | career5 = Vetlanda | years6 = 2011 | career6 = Gnistorna | career7 = '''Poland''' | years8 = 2003 | career8 = Częstochowa | years9 = 2005 | career9 = Piła | years10 = 2006–2007 2009–2010 | career10 = Gorzów | years11 = 2008, 2013–2014 | career11 = Ostrów | years12 = 2011–2012 | career12 = Grudziądz | career13 = '''Denmark''' | years14 = 2008 | career14 = Holstebro | career15 = '''Great Britain''' | years16 = 2001, 2003 | career16 = Poole Pirates | years17 = 2003 | career17 = Arena Essex Hammers | years18 = 2004 | career18 = Swindon Robins
| indivyear1 = 2001 | indivhonour1 = Swedish U21 champion | teamyear1 = 2003 | teamhonour1 = World Cup | teamyear2 = 2003 | teamhonour2 = Polish league champion | teamyear3 = 2000 | teamhonour3 = Swedish Division One Champion }}
'''David Ruud''' (born January 21, 1980<ref>''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (74) / 2008, pages 32-33, {{ISSN|1429-3285}}</ref><ref>''Świat Żużla'', No 2 (75) / 2008, page 25, {{ISSN|1429-3285}}</ref>) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden who won 2003 Speedway World Cup with Sweden and earned 6 caps for the Sweden 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=8 September 2024}}</ref>
== Career == Ruud signed for Poole Pirates for the 2001 Elite League speedway season before riding for Arena Essex Hammers in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5451961.speedway-debut-at-last-for-ruud/ |title=Debut at last for Ruud |website=Colchester Gazette |access-date=8 September 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005107/20030915/168/0022 |title=Update |website=Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette |date=15 September 2003 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 September 2024}}</ref>
Ruud was part of the Swedish team that won the 2003 Speedway World Cup final, held on 9 August in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.<ref>[http://world.speedway.org/2003/wc/t/f.sdf world.speedway.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030826143256/http://www.world.speedway.org/2003/wc/t/f.sdf |date=2003-08-26 }}; Retrieved on 2008-12-26</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc03.htm|title=2003 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref> The same season, Ruud won the Team Polish Championship (Speedway Ekstraliga) with Włókniarz Częstochowa during the 2003 Polish speedway season.
== Results == === World Championships === * Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix) ** 2002 - 38th place (2 points in one event) ** 2003 - 32nd place (4 points in one event) * Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup) ** 2003 - {{flagicon|DEN}} Vojens - '''World Champion''' (5 points) * Individual U-21 World Championship ** 2001 - {{flagicon|ENG}} Peterborough - 7th place (8 points)
=== European Championships === * Individual European Championship ** 2002 - {{flagicon|POL}} Rybnik - 9th place (7 points) ** 2004 - {{flagicon|DEN}} Holsted - 11th place (6 points) ** 2005 - {{flagicon|ITA}} Lonigo - 7th place (9 points)
== See also == * Sweden national speedway team * List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
== References == {{Reflist}}
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