| Kenneth Hansen | |
| Nationality: | Danish |
| Birth Date: | 19 October 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Herlev, Denmark |
| Career1: | Denmark |
| Years2: | 2004–2018, 2022–2023 |
| Career2: | Slangerup |
| Years3: | 2021 |
| Career3: | Holsted |
| Career6: | Sweden |
| Years7: | 2006 |
| Career7: | Vargarna |
| Years8: | 2022–2024 |
| Career8: | Griparna |
| Career9: | Great Britain |
| Years10: | 2007, 2015 |
| Career10: | Workington |
| Years11: | 2007-2008, 2016 |
| Career11: | Wolverhampton |
| Years12: | 2009, 2017 |
| Career12: | Peterborough |
| Years13: | 2014 |
| Career13: | Coventry |
| Years14: | 2016 |
| Career14: | King's Lynn |
| Career17: | Poland |
| Years18: | 2006 |
| Career18: | Miskolc |
| Years19: | 2007 |
| Career19: | Lublin |
| Years20: | 2008 |
| Career20: | Gorzów |
| Years21: | 2009-2011, 2018 |
| Career21: | Krosno |
| Years22: | 2012 |
| Career22: | Daugavpils |
| Years23: | 2013-2015 |
| Career23: | Kraków |
| Years24: | 2017 |
| Career24: | Ostrów |
| Years25: | 2020 |
| Career25: | Rzeszów |
| Years26: | 2022-2023 |
| Career26: | Tarnów |
| Indivhonour1: | Long Track World Championship bronze medal |
| Indivyear1: | 2023 |
| Teamyear1: | 2006 |
| Teamhonour1: | U-21 World Cup bronze medal |
Kenneth Kruse Hansen (born 19 October 1987 in Herlev, Denmark)[1] is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.[2] [3]
Hansen represented Denmark in the 2006 Under-21 Speedway World Cup in Rybnik and won a bronze medal.[4]
He started the 2007 season with the Workington Comets[5] in the Premier League but lost his place after sustaining a broken wrist.[6] He did however reach the final of the Danish Individual Speedway Championship in 2007.[7]
It was announced in 2008 that the Wolverhampton Wolves had signed Hansen[8] on a full contract.[9] He spent both the 2007 and 2008 seasons with the Midlands club before switching to Peterborough Panthers for the 2009 Elite League speedway season.[3]
He concentrated on riding in Poland for the next few years before returning to Britain to ride for the Coventry Bees in the 2014 Elite League speedway season.[3] He would spend two more seasons with Workington in 2015 and 2016 but since 2018, rides in the Danish league, Swedish league and Polish league.
In 2023, he claimed a bronze medal in the 2023 Individual Long Track World Championship.[10]
His brother-in-law Lars Munkedal was a professional speedway rider.[3]