Patrick Hougaard
NationalityDanish
Birth date23 May 1989 (age 37)
Birth placeFredericia, Denmark
Career 1Denmark
Years 22004–2009, 2011–2014
Career 2Holsted
Years 32005–2006
Career 3Fredericia
Years 42010
Career 4Vojens
Years 52015–2017
Career 5Fjelsted
Years 62018
Career 6Grindsted
Career 8Poland
Years 92006-2007
Career 9Leszno
Years 102008-2010, 2013
Career 10Tarnów
Years 112011
Career 11Grudziądz
Years 122014-2015
Career 12Bydgoszcz
Years 132016-2017
Career 13Kraków
Years 142018
Career 14Gdańsk
Career 17Sweden
Years 182015
Career 18Vargarna
Career 24Great Britain
Years 252007
Career 25Reading
Years 262008-2012
Career 26Belle Vue
Years 272013
Career 27Peterborough
Years 282014, 2016
Career 28Leicester
Years 292017
Career 29Somerset
Indivyear 12007 - 3rd place
Indivhonour 1European Championship
Indivyear 22006
Indivhonour 2U-19 Nordic Champion
Indivyear 32007, 2009
Indivhonour 3Danish Under-21 champion
Teamyear 12010
Teamhonour 1U-21 World Cup
Teamyear 22008 - 3rd place
Teamhonour 2Team U-19 European Championship
Teamyear 32007
Teamhonour 3Team Polish Champion
Teamyear 42004-2007, 2014
Teamhonour 4Danish League

Patrick Hald Hougaard (born 23 May 1989)[1][2] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark, who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.[3][4]

Career

Patrick Hougaard was born in Fredericia to parents Søren and Dorthe. He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas.[1]

Hougaard won the Danish Under-21 championship in 2007, and first raced in the UK towards the end of the 2007 season, for Reading Racers.[5] He signed for the Belle Vue Aces midway through the 2008 season on leaving school.[6] He again won the Danish Under-21 title in 2009 and was part of the Danish team that won the under-21 team cup in 2010.[5] He stayed with Belle Vue until the end of the 2012 season, joining Peterborough Panthers in 2013.[7]

In December 2013 he signed to ride for Leicester Lions in their debut Elite League season in 2014.[8][9] He also signed to ride in Poland for Polonia Bydgoszcz.[10]

In 2023, he was the team manager of Slangerup.[11]

World Championships

European Championships

Domestic competitions

  • Individual Danish Championship
    • 2005 - 11th place
    • 2006 - 9th place
    • 2007 - 9th place
    • 2008 - 7th place
  • Individual U-21 Danish Championship
    • 2005 - 3rd place
    • 2006 - Runner-up
    • 2007 - Danish Champion
    • 2008 - Runner-up
    • 2009 Danish Champion
  • Individual U-19 Nordic Championship
    • 2006 - Nordic Champion
  • Danish Speedway League
    • 2004 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
    • 2005 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
    • 2006 - Danish Champion for team with Fredericia
    • 2007 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted
  • Team Polish Championship (Speedway Ekstraliga)

See also

References

  1. ^ www.ddnp.co.uk[dead link]. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
  2. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) / 2008, pages 32-33, ISSN 1429-3285
  3. ^ "2008 Rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Patrick Hougaard Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. ^ "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-13
  6. ^ "Speedway: Patrick Hougaard dealt Aces chance", Daily Mirror, 3 July 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  7. ^ "Patrick Hougaard signs new Belle Vue Aces contract", BBC, 8 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  8. ^ "Elite League Speedway: Leicester land Patrick Hougaard", Sky Sports, 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  9. ^ "Leicester Lions: Hougaard joins Doyle and Korneliussen", BBC, 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  10. ^ "Patrick Hougaard zawodnikiem Polonii Bydgoszcz Archived 2014-03-24 at the Wayback Machine", polsatsport.pl, 29 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
  11. ^ "The League Team". Slangerup Speedway. Retrieved 6 August 2023.