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Kurt Wæde Petersen (born 2 December 1934) is a former Motorcycle speedway rider who was a four times champion of Denmark and the 1964 world longtrack champion.

Speedway career

Petersen was a four times champion of Denmark, winning the Danish Championship in 1960 to 1963.

He competed in nine World Longtrack Championship Finals and became a world champion after winning the 1964. He was the Denmark Longtrack Champion eleven times, in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969.

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1961, riding for Norwich Stars.

Speedway World Final appearances

World Longtrack Championship

• 1963 Malmö (Second) 16pts
• 1964 Scheeßel (Champion) 15pts
• 1965 Seinajoki (10th) 8pts
• 1966 Mühldorf (Second) 16pts
• 1967 Scheeßel (4th) 10pts
• 1968 Mühldorf (Third) 12pts
• 1969 Oslo (Third) 11pts
• 1970 Scheeßel (11) 7pts
• 1971 Oslo (12th) 7pts

Nordic Final

• 1961 Malmö (14th) 6pts

World Pairs Championship

• 1968 - Kempten (with Jens Hauser) - 6th - 6pts (2)

References

1. "Birthday: Kurt W. Petersen - 80 years". Stiften. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
2. "Danish Champions". wwosbackup. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
3. "Denmark's first international championship". Speedway Life. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
4. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
5. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
6. "Norwich snap up champion Kurt". Daily Mirror. 11 March 1961. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
8. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

• 1934 births
• Living people
• Danish speedway riders
• Norwich Stars riders
• Danish expatriate speedway riders in England
• Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders