William Echardt Drejer (born 18 December 2005) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.[1][2][3][4]

William Drejer
Born18 December 2005 (2005-12-18) (age 19)
Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2022–2024Slangerup
Poland
2022Tarnów
Sweden
2022–2023Vargarna
Team honours
2024Danish league champion

Career

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Drejer reached the final of the 2022 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship.[5]

He rides in the Danish Speedway League for Slangerup (2022 to 2024), in the Polish Ekstraliga for Tarnów (2022).[4] and Vargarna in the Swedish Elitserien (2022).

In 2023, he was named in the Danish squad by team manager Nicki Pedersen.[6] In 2024, he qualified for the final series of the 2024 SGP2 (the World U21 Championship)[7][8] and won the Nordic U19 title.[9] Drejer helped Slangerup win the Danish Speedway League during the 2024 Danish speedway season.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "William Drejer". Danis Speedway League. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ "William Drejer". Speedway News. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  3. ^ "William Drejer profile". Sporto We Fakty. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "William Drejer Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Speedway from Around the Globe (Czech Republic)". Speedway Star. 19 September 2022. p. 45.
  6. ^ "SPEEDWAY GP TRIO NAMED IN RIDER-BOSS PEDERSEN'S FIRST DANISH SQUAD". FIM. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Swedish duo among SGP2 qualifiers". FIM. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Berwick speedway star Leon Flint qualifies for the World Under-21 Championships". Northumberland Gazzette. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Huge triumph - William Drejer can call himself the best in the Nordics". Sjaellandske Nyheder. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  10. ^ "MJJ stars as Slangerup ends 13-year Danish title drought". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 19 September 2024.