Gert Handberg | |
Nationality: | Danish |
Birth Date: | 30 May 1969 |
Birth Place: | Brædstrup, Denmark |
Career1: | Denmark |
Years2: | 1987 |
Career2: | Fredericia |
Years3: | 1992 |
Career3: | Holsted |
Years4: | 2000–2002 |
Career4: | Brovst |
Career6: | Great Britain |
Years7: | 1988–1993 |
Career7: | Cradley Heath |
Career8: | Poland |
Years9: | 1992–1994 |
Career9: | Tarnów |
Years10: | 1999–2000 |
Career10: | Toruń |
Years11: | 2001–2002 |
Career11: | Gniezno |
Career12: | Sweden |
Career13: | Dackarna |
Indivyear1: | 1992 |
Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship bronze |
Indivyear2: | 1992 |
Indivhonour2: | Danish Champion |
Indivyear3: | 1988 |
Indivhonour3: | Danish Junior Champion |
Gert Handberg (born 30 May 1969 in Brædstrup)[1] is a Danish former international motorcycle speedway rider.[2] He earned 20 caps for the Denmark national speedway team.[3]
Gert joined Cradley Heathens in 1988[4] on a recommendation, after winning the Danish Junior Championship during the 1986 Danish speedway season.[5] He rode for the club for six consecutive seasons.[6]
In 1992, Handberg became the champion of Denmark and won the bronze medal in the 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship,[7] this was despite suffering broken jaw and leg injuries in a British league match during the same season.[8]
He was a member of the Denmark speedway team when they won the 1991 World Team Cup. He also won the World Under-21 Championship in 1989 and finished 3rd in the 1992 senior world final.