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]
| Born | January 21, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Career history | |
| Sweden | |
| 2000 | Kaparna |
| 2000–2002, 2008–2014 | Lejonen |
| 2001–2003 | Västervik |
| 2004–2005, 2012–2014 | Vetlanda |
| 2011 | Gnistorna |
| 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 Pirates |
| 2003 | Arena Essex Hammers |
| 2004 | Swindon Robins |
| Individual honours | |
| 2001 | Swedish U21 champion |
| Team honours | |
| 2003 | World Cup |
| 2003 | Polish league champion |
| 2000 | Swedish Division One Champion |
Career
editRuud 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
editWorld Championships
edit- 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
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ↑ 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.