Mads Korneliussen

Mads Korneliussen
Born (1983-06-15) 15 June 1983 (age 41)
Aalborg, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
2001–2006Slangerup
2007–2009Esbjerg
2010–2019Outrup/Varde
Great Britain
2003-2005Newport
2005-2008, 2010Swindon
2009Peterborough
2011–2013, 2016King's Lynn
2014Leicester
Sweden
2006Västervik
2010, 2014Rospiggarna
Poland
2006-2007Poznań
2008-2009, 2013Ostrów
2010Krosno
2012Lublin
2011, 2013, 2016Kraków
2014–2015Łódź
2017Rybnik
Individual honours
1999Danish Junior Champion
Team honours
2008, 2011Elite Shield Winner
2014Speedway World Cup

Mads Klit Korneliussen (born 15 June 1983) is a Danish former motorcycle speedway rider.[1][2]

Career

Born in Aalborg, Denmark, Mads Korneliussen is the son of Karl Erik Korneliussen and younger brother of Tim Korneliussen, both former riders. Mads took up speedway in 1993.[3][4]

He came to prominence in 2000 when he reached the final of the 2000 Speedway Under-21 World Championship, where he secured an 11th place finish.[5]

Korneliussen riding for Swindon in 2007

He made his debut in British speedway in 2003 with Newport Wasps in the Premier League, also doubling-up in the Elite League in 2005 with Swindon Robins.[3] In 2006 he rode full-time in the Elite League with Swindon.[6] His 2007 season was marred by a series of injuries, but he returned to Swindon in 2008 as part of the team that won the Elite Shield. After a season with Peterborough Panthers in 2009, he returned to Swindon in 2010 before moving to King's Lynn Stars in 2011 where he rode for three seasons.[7]

After being left out of the Stars team for 2014 he signed for Leicester Lions. He started the season with his testimonial meeting at King's Lynn marking ten years in British speedway.[8][9] In 2014, he rode in the Elite Riders Championship as a late replacement for Jason Doyle.[10]

In August 2014, he won the Speedway World Cup as part of a Danish team that also included Nicki Pedersen, Niels Kristian Iversen and Peter Kildemand.[11]

His final season in Britain was the 2016 Elite League riding for King's Lynn again and in 2017 he rode his last season in Poland for Rybnik.

References

  1. ^ "Mads Klit Korneliussen". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 10 December 2013
  4. ^ Bamford, Robert (2008). Methanol Press Speedway Yearbook 2008. Methanol Press. ISBN 978-0-9553103-5-5.
  5. ^ "2000 Speedway Under-21 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  7. ^ "King's Lynn Stars sign Mads Korneliussen", BBC, 13 December 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  8. ^ "Speedway: Mads Korneliussen to make first appearance for Leicester Lions", Leicester Mercury, 15 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  9. ^ "Speedway fans turn out in force for Mads", Lynn News, 19 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  10. ^ "Mads Korneliussen into ELRC replacing Jason Doyle", Sky Sports, 22 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  11. ^ "Danish Delight", speedwaygb.co, 3 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014