Patrick Hougaard

{{Short description|Danish speedway rider (born 1989)}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | image = PatrickHougaard.jpg | name = Patrick Hougaard | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|5|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Fredericia, Denmark

| indivyear1 = 2007 - 3rd place | indivhonour1 = European Championship | indivyear2 = 2006 | indivhonour2 = U-19 Nordic Champion | indivyear3 = 2007, 2009 | indivhonour3 = Danish Under-21 champion | teamyear1 = 2010 | teamhonour1 = U-21 World Cup | teamyear2 = 2008 - 3rd place | teamhonour2 = Team U-19 European Championship | teamyear3 = 2007 | teamhonour3 = Team Polish Champion | teamyear4 = 2004-2007, 2014 | teamhonour4 = Danish League }}

'''Patrick Hald Hougaard''' (born 23 May 1989)<ref name="rider-profil">[http://www.ddnp.co.uk/hougaard/profile.aspx www.ddnp.co.uk]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.</ref><ref>''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (77) / 2008, pages 32-33, {{ISSN|1429-3285}}</ref> is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark, who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Rider_Index_2008.pdf |title=2008 Rider index |website=British Speedway |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/patrick-hougaard/ |title=Patrick Hougaard Dania |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=11 March 2023}}</ref>

==Career== Patrick Hougaard was born in Fredericia to parents Søren and Dorthe. He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas.<ref name="rider-profil"/>

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.<ref name="SGB">"[http://www.speedwaygb.co/riderindex11_h.html 2011 Rider Index]", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-13</ref> He signed for the Belle Vue Aces midway through the 2008 season on leaving school.<ref>"[https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/speedway-patrick-hougaard-dealt-aces-316381 Speedway: Patrick Hougaard dealt Aces chance]", ''Daily Mirror'', 3 July 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2014</ref> 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.<ref name="SGB" /> He stayed with Belle Vue until the end of the 2012 season, joining Peterborough Panthers in 2013.<ref>"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/15634763 Patrick Hougaard signs new Belle Vue Aces contract]", BBC, 8 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2014</ref>

In December 2013 he signed to ride for Leicester Lions in their debut Elite League season in 2014.<ref>"[http://www1.skysports.com/speedway/news/12268/9073245/elite-league-speedway-leicester-land-patrick-hougaard Elite League Speedway: Leicester land Patrick Hougaard]", Sky Sports, 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014</ref><ref>"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/speedway/25349041 Leicester Lions: Hougaard joins Doyle and Korneliussen]", BBC, 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014</ref> He also signed to ride in Poland for Polonia Bydgoszcz.<ref>"[http://www.polsatsport.pl/zuzel/inne/patrick-hougaard-zawodnikiem-polonii-bydgoszcz.html#.Uy_ZG6h_snE Patrick Hougaard zawodnikiem Polonii Bydgoszcz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324093632/http://www.polsatsport.pl/zuzel/inne/patrick-hougaard-zawodnikiem-polonii-bydgoszcz.html#.Uy_ZG6h_snE |date=2014-03-24 }}", polsatsport.pl, 29 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014</ref>

In 2023, he was the team manager of Slangerup.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slangerupspeedway.dk/500cc/ligaholdet/ |title=The League Team |website=Slangerup Speedway |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref>

== Speedway Grand Prix results == {{SGP Rider|2008|R|| ||DEN|COP|18|18|-|- }} {{SGP Rider|2009|R|| ||DEN|COP|17||| }} {{SGP Rider/key}}

== World Championships ==

* Individual U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Championship) ** ''2007 - 10th place in Semi-final 2'' ** 2008 - {{flagicon|CZE}} Pardubice - 8th place (8 pts) ** 2009 - {{flagicon|CRO}} Goričan - '''3rd place''' (12+2 pts) * Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 Speedway World Cup) ** 2005 - {{flagicon|CZE}} Pardubice - 3rd place (2 pts) ** ''2006 - started in Qualifying Round 1 only'' ** ''2007 - 2nd place in Qualifying Round 1'' ** 2008 - {{flagicon|DEN}} Holsted - Runner-up (16 pts) ** 2009 - {{flagicon|POL}} Gorzów Wlkp. - Runner-up (14 pts) ** 2010 - {{flagicon|GBR}} Rye House - '''Under-21 World Champion''' (11 pts)

== European Championships ==

* Individual European Championship ** 2007 - {{flagicon|AUT}} Wiener Neustadt - '''3rd place''' (11 pts) ** ''2008 - 12th place in Semi-Final 1'' * Individual U-19 European Championship ** 2006 - {{flagicon|CRO}} Goričan - 16th place (3 pts) ** 2007 - {{flagicon|POL}} Częstochowa - 13th place (5 pts) ** 2008 - {{flagicon|GER}} Stralsund - 4th place (11 pts) * Team U-19 European Championship ** 2008 - {{flagicon|POL}} Rawicz - '''3rd place''' (13 pts)

== 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) ** 2007 - '''Polish Champion''' with Unia Leszno

== References == {{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hougaard, Patrick}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Danish speedway riders Category:Team Speedway Junior World Champions Category:Belle Vue Aces riders Category:Leicester Lions riders Category:Peterborough Panthers riders Category:Somerset Rebels riders Category:Danish expatriate speedway riders in England Category:Sportspeople from Fredericia Category:Motorcycle races from the Region of Southern Denmark