Erik Gundersen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Erik Gundersen
Occupation	Motorcycle Racer
Date Of Birth	Oct 8, 1959(1959-10-08)
Age	65
Birthplace	Esbjerg
Country	Denmark
Birth City	Region of Southern Denmark
Horoscope	Libra

Erik Gundersen Biography

Erik Gundersen is one of the most popular and richest Motorcycle Racer who was born on October 8, 1959 in Esbjerg, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark. Erik Gundersen (born 8 October 1959 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is a former speedway motorcycle rider in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Gundersen is among those speedway racers who have had the greatest success ever. The Speedway World Champion on three occasions, was a two-time Long Track World Champion, five times World Pairs Champion, and seven-time World Team Cup winner with Denmark

Gundersen took home his first World Pairs Championship a record five times from 1985 to 1989, and also took home the World Team Cup a record six times from 1983 to 1988. The seventeen World Championship wins sees him rank second in the list of World Championships won. A fellow Dane Gundersen’s longest- running Danish teammate Hans Nielsen holds the record with 22 World titles, however, in contrast to Gundersen, Nielsen never won the Long Track World Championship.

During his career, Gundersen never finished off of the podium in the final of either the Speedway World Team Cup or the Speedway World Pairs Championship, though he was unable to take the podium of the 1989 World Team Cup in which Denmark finished in third place.

Gundersen’s career was ended just a few weeks after the 1989 World Final when he was involved in an accident whilst riding for Denmark at the Odsal Stadium on the 17 September 1989, in the World Team Cup final. Starting from the outside in Gate 4, he won the start but his motorcycle locked up on the first bend and he was knocked off by the rider behind. As he lay on the race track he was hit in the head by another rider’s rear wheel. After the accident he was not expected to live and he remained in a coma for three days, but he eventually regained consciousness. He was then confined to a bed in hospital for the next month with grim prospects for resuming a normal life as doctors reported he had no neurological function below his neck. Gundersen defied the experts though and was determined to walk again. He had to learn to walk again and raised a large amount of money for the hospital which saved his life. He later went on to manage the Danish national speedway team.

Erik Gundersen would go on to be the winner of his World Championship three times: in 1984 at Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden, 1985 at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England and then in 1988, at the packed Vojens Speedway Center at what was the first World Individual Final held in his country of Denmark. A mechanical issue during the heats ended any chance to win his third title in a row in the 1986 World Final in Poland, and he was also dealt similar situation in the 1989 Munich Olympic Stadium in West Germany. He was also second to Hans Nielsen in the 2-day 1987 World Final at the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium.

Erik Gundersen Net Worth

Erik Gundersen is one of the richest Motorcycle Racer from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Erik Gundersen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gundersen was a member of his team the Cradley Heathens from 1979 until 1989, when he nearly died in a race accident. He started the career of Cradley alongside Bruce Penhall but after Penhall’s premature retirement in 1982, Gundersen became the club’s most popular rider, the position that he held until the time of his crash in.

Gundersen first raced during Gundersen’s first race in Speedway World Championship Final in 1981 at Wembley Stadium where in front of 92,500 supporters, he placed 4th, scoring 11 points. In the evening, he set an all- time record of 4 laps for the 345m (377 feet) track in 66.8 seconds. This is which will be a record for ever since it was the final time speedway racing was held at Wembley Stadium, a renowned stadium. The 1982 title race was a disappointment in that he was not able to make it to the final on the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after being a surprise 16th place and finishing last at the 1983 Intercontinental Final in Sweden. He did his best to rectify the mistake of 1982 by easily being selected for in 1983 for the World Final in West Germany in which he again finished in a respectable 4th position.

• The 1989 Speedway World Team Cup final was where Gundersen suffered his career ending crash in turn 1 of Heat 1.

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Erik Ranked on the list of most popular Motorcycle Racer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Denmark. Erik Gundersen celebrates birthday on October 8 of every year.