Jesper B. Monberg

Jesper B. Monberg
Jesper B. Jensen
Jesper Jensen in 2007
Born (1977-10-14) 14 October 1977 (age 47)
Esbjerg, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2000–2003, 2012Holsted
2004–2006, 2008–2011, 2013, 2017Slangerup
2014Fjelsted
2007, 2015Esbjerg
Great Britain
1997–2003, 2008Wolverhampton
2004, 2007Ipswich
2005–2006, 2012Peterborough
2005, 2007Oxford
2011Swindon
2012Somerset
Poland
1999–2000, 2014–2015Piła
2001Grudziądz
2002, 2007–2008Gorzów
2003, 2006, 2011Gniezno
2005Lublin
2009–2010Tarnów
2011Rybnik
2012Wrocław
2013Opole
Individual honours
2005European Champion
1997Under-21 World Champion
Team honours
1997Team World Champion
2006British Elite League winner

Jesper Bruun Monberg (born Jesper Bruun Jensen 14 October 1977 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is a former speedway rider from Denmark.[1][2]

Career

Jensen came to prominence in 1997 when he won the 1997 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.[3][4] This was the same year that he joined Wolverhampton Wolves.[2] He was also a team member of the Danish side that won the 1997 Team World Championship.[5]

He rode for Wolves for seven seasons, until he joined Ipswich Witches in 2004.[6] In 2005, he joined Peterborough Panthers and Oxford Cheetahs and won the 2005 Individual European Championship.[7] During the 2006 Elite League speedway season Jensen was instrumental in helping Peterborough win the Elite League title. He averaged 8.76 as the team topped the regular season table and then won the play offs.[8]

Jensen riding for Oxford in 2007

Previously known as Jesper B. Jensen, in March 2008 he changed his last name to that of his wife Rikke Monberg.[9][10]

He continued to ride for various clubs in Britain and Poland until he retired after the 2015 season.

Career summary

References

  1. ^ "Jensen keen on Elite". Crash. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Big Day for Jesper". Wolverhampton Speedway. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ^ "1997". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Jensen just sensational". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 3 August 1997. Retrieved 6 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "1997 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Jesper completes switch to Witches". East Anglian Times. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Individual Speedway European Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  9. ^ (pl) sport.wp.pl – 2008-03-29
  10. ^ "Jesper B Monberg 2008". Wolverhampton Speedway. Retrieved 2008-08-13.

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