Kurt Bøgh Explained

Kurt Bøgh
Nationality:Danish
Birth Date:c. 1945[1]
Birth Place:Denmark
Death Date:20 August 2011[2]
Career1:Denmark
Career2:Esbjerg
Years2:1967
Career3:Holsted
Years3:1990
Indivyear1:1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974
Indivhonour1:Danish Championships silver & bronze
Teamyear1:1977
Teamhonour1:World Pairs silver medal

Kurt Bøgh (circa.1943 – 20 August 2011) was an international speedway rider from Denmark.[3] [4] He was a member of the Denmark national speedway team.

Speedway career

Kurt Bøgh won four silver medals and three bronze medals during the Danish Individual Speedway Championship in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1974.[5] [6]

He won a silver medal during the Speedway World Pairs Championship in the 1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship.[7]

Bøgh together with his younger brother Ernst Bøgh was instrumental in helping to form the Holsted Speedway Klub in 1974. The pair rode for the club in the Danish Speedway League.[8]

Unlike the top Danes of the era he did not ride in the British leagues despite an attempt by Oxford Cheetahs to sign him in 1968 as a replacement for broken leg victim Arne Pander.[9]

World Final appearances

World Pairs Championship

Family

His brother Ernst Bøgh was also a speedway rider.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-10-28 . Danmarks første museum for mænd uden nerver . 2024-10-29 . Jydske Vestkysten . da.
  2. Web site: Kurt Bøghs Mindeløb 2016. Holsted Speedway. 11 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Ernst Bogh's Bikes. Newcaste Speedway History. 11 July 2021.
  4. News: Top riders are flying in for the big clash . Daily Mirror . 21 June 1973 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 26 August 2024.
  5. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 80. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
  6. Web site: Danish Speedway Champions. Speedway Life. 11 July 2021.
  7. Web site: World Pairs Championship 1968-1993. Edinburgh Speedway. 11 July 2021.
  8. Web site: 2024-10-28 . Højt skattet speedwaymand er gået bort - han valgte livet fra jv.dk . 2024-10-28 . Jydske Vestkysten . da.
  9. News: Dane for Oxford . Buckinghamshire Examiner . 10 May 1968 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 29 August 2024.