{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Jan Henningsen | image = Jan_Henningsen.jpg | caption = | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|3|2}} | birth_place = [[Esbjerg]], Denmark | death_date = | death_place = | career1 = [[King's Lynn Stars]] | years1 = 1975-1976 | career2 = | years2 = | career3 = | years3 = | career4 = | years4 =
| indivyear1 = | indivhonour1 = | indivyear2 = | indivhonour2 = | teamyear1 = 1975 | teamhonour1 = [[1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship|World Pairs]] bronze medal }} '''Jan Rene Henningsen''' (born 2 March 1954) is a former international [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway rider]] from Denmark.<ref name=wwosbackup>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1244/jan-henningsen|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref> He earned two 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>
== Speedway career == Henningsen won a bronze medal in the final of the [[Speedway World Pairs Championship]] in the [[1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-pairs-championship.html|title=World Pairs Championship 1968-1993|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
He rode in the [[List of United Kingdom speedway league champions|top tier]] of British Speedway from 1975 to 1976,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003432/19760220/644/0034 |title=Austrian may be mystery rider |website=Lynn Advertiser |date=20 February 1976 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> after signing for [[King's Lynn Stars]] despite [[Coventry Bees]] initially trying to capture his signature.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19750821/117/0011 |title=Bees aiming to wipe out snatched stars |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=21 August 1975 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 August 2024}}</ref>
==World Final appearances== ===World Pairs Championship=== * [[1975 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1975]] - {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Wrocław]], [[Olympic Stadium (Wrocław)|Olympic Stadium]] (with [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]) - '''3rd''' - 20pts (18)
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