Matias Nielsen (born 28 July 1999) is a speedway rider from Denmark.[1][2][3]

Matias Nielsen
Born28 July 1999 (1999-07-28) (age 24)
Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2018–2024Esbjerg
Poland
2020-2021, 2024Poznań
2022–2023Ostrów
Sweden
2020Dackarna
2023Lejonen
2024Västervik
Team honours
2020Team U21 World Championship silver
2020, 2022Team Junior European Championship silver
2023Danish League

Speedway career edit

Nielsen came to prominence in 2019 when he won the silver medal at the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship. The following season he repeated the success and also won a silver medal at both the 2020 Team Speedway Junior European Championship and the 2020 Team Speedway Junior World Championship.[4]

In 2022, he won his second European Junior Championship silver medal[5] and rode for Ostrów in Poland and Esbjerg in Denmark.[6] In 2023, he helped Esbjerg Vikings win the Danish League.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Matias Nielsen". Elite Speedway. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Matias Nielsen". Speedway News. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Matias Nielsen". Esbjerg Speedway. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Speedway Of Nations 2 (U21) Final". Speedway updates.
  5. ^ "European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship: Poland wins on home soil". FIM. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Matias Nielsen". PGE Exstraliga. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Becker leads Vikings' Danish title charge". FIM. Retrieved 24 September 2023.