Patrick Hald Hougaard (born 23 May 1989)www.ddnp.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-07-04.Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) / 2008, pages 32-33, is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark, who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.
Career Patrick Hougaard was born in Fredericia to parents Søren and Dorthe. He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas.
Hougaard won the Danish Under-21 championship in 2007, and first raced in the UK towards the end of the 2007 season, for Reading Racers."2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-13 He signed for the Belle Vue Aces midway through the 2008 season on leaving school."Speedway: Patrick Hougaard dealt Aces chance", Daily Mirror, 3 July 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2014 He again won the Danish Under-21 title in 2009 and was part of the Danish team that won the under-21 team cup in 2010. He stayed with Belle Vue until the end of the 2012 season, joining Peterborough Panthers in 2013."Patrick Hougaard signs new Belle Vue Aces contract", BBC, 8 November 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2014
In December 2013, Hougaard signed to ride for Leicester Lions in their debut Elite League season in 2014."Elite League Speedway: Leicester land Patrick Hougaard", Sky Sports, 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014"Leicester Lions: Hougaard joins Doyle and Korneliussen", BBC, 12 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014 He also signed to ride in Poland for Polonia Bydgoszcz."Patrick Hougaard zawodnikiem Polonii Bydgoszcz ", polsatsport.pl, 29 November 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014
In 2023, Hougaard was the team manager of Slangerup.
Speedway Grand Prix results
World Championships
Individual U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Championship) 2007 - 10th place in Semi-final 2 2008 - Pardubice - 8th place (8 pts) 2009 - Goričan - 3rd place (12+2 pts) Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 Speedway World Cup) 2005 - Pardubice - 3rd place (2 pts) 2006 - started in Qualifying Round 1 only 2007 - 2nd place in Qualifying Round 1 2008 - Holsted - Runner-up (16 pts) 2009 - Gorzów Wlkp. - Runner-up (14 pts) 2010 - Rye House - Under-21 World Champion (11 pts)
European Championships
Individual European Championship 2007 - Wiener Neustadt - 3rd place (11 pts) 2008 - 12th place in Semi-Final 1 Individual U-19 European Championship 2006 - Goričan - 16th place (3 pts) 2007 - Częstochowa - 13th place (5 pts) 2008 - Stralsund - 4th place (11 pts) Team U-19 European Championship 2008 - Rawicz - 3rd place (13 pts)
Domestic competitions
Individual Danish Championship 2005 - 11th place 2006 - 9th place 2007 - 9th place 2008 - 7th place Individual U-21 Danish Championship 2005 - 3rd place 2006 - Runner-up 2007 - Danish Champion 2008 - Runner-up 2009 Danish Champion Individual U-19 Nordic Championship 2006 - Nordic Champion Danish Speedway League 2004 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted 2005 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted 2006 - Danish Champion for team with Fredericia 2007 - Danish Champion for team with Holsted Team Polish Championship (Speedway Ekstraliga) 2007 - Polish Champion with Unia Leszno
See also Denmark national speedway team List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
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