David Ruud
Swedish speedway rider
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Born | (1980-01-21) January 21, 1980 (age 44) |
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Nationality | Swedish |
Career history | |
Sweden | |
2004 | Vetlanda |
2008–2014 | Lejonen |
Poland | |
2003 | Częstochowa |
2005 | Piła |
2006–2007 2009–2010 | Gorzów |
2008, 2013–2014 | Ostrów |
2011–2012 | Grudziądz |
Denmark | |
2008 | Holstebro |
Great Britain | |
2001, 2003 | Poole |
2003 | Arena Essex |
2004 | Swindon |
Individual honours | |
2001 | Swedish U21 champion |
Team honours | |
2003 | World Cup |
2003 | Polish league champion |
David Ruud (born January 21, 1980[1][2]) 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.[3]
Career
Ruud signed for Poole Pirates for the 2001 Elite League speedway season before riding for Arena Essex Hammers in 2003.[4][5]
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.[6][7] 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)
- Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup)
- Individual U-21 World Championship
- 2001 -
Peterborough - 7th place (8 points)
- 2001 -
European Championships
See also
References
- ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (74) / 2008, pages 32-33, ISSN 1429-3285
- ^ Świat Żużla, No 2 (75) / 2008, page 25, ISSN 1429-3285
- ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Debut at last for Ruud". Colchester Gazette. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Update". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ world.speedway.org Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Retrieved on 2008-12-26
- ^ "2003 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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