26 Facts About Nicki Pedersen

Nicki Pedersen was born on 2 April 1977 and is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider.

Nicki Pedersen is a three time world champion having won the World Championship in 2003,2007 and 2008.

Nicki Pedersen has won the World Cup with Denmark in 2006,2008,2012 and 2014.

Nicki Pedersen stayed at the club until a move to in 1998 to Holstebro, the same year that he made his British league debut with Newcastle Diamonds in the 1998 Premier League speedway season.

Nicki Pedersen topped the League averages which began his journey towards the pinnacle of the sport.

Nicki Pedersen started his Polish speedway career in 1999 with Polish Speedway First League club Start Gniezno and would go on to ride for ten different Polish sides.

Nicki Pedersen took part in his first Grand Prix in 2000, as a wildcard in Denmark and impressed by finishing in fourth place.

Nicki Pedersen showed potential in the opening round in 2002, finishing third in Germany.

Nicki Pedersen had a bad start to 2002, but secured his GP place in 2003 after recording the first win of his career in the European Grand Prix.

Nicki Pedersen finished the year in 12th place despite an inconsistent season.

Nicki Pedersen finished second in the opening Grand Prix of the season and after a 10th place in the Swedish Grand Prix, Pedersen won again in Cardiff to give him a chance of becoming World Champion.

Nicki Pedersen joined Eastbourne Eagles in 2003 and would stay for four years until the end of the 2007 season due to a change in ownership of the club and a reduction of the points limit for team building purposes by the British Speedway Promoters' Association.

The 2004 season was less successful for Nicki Pedersen; he failed to record a win or a podium place.

Nicki Pedersen finished in fifth place in the World Championship, well behind the two leaders Tony Rickardsson and Jason Crump.

Nicki Pedersen won the opening GP meeting of the 2006 season in Slovenia, but after that he fell behind championship leaders Rickardsson and Crump.

Nicki Pedersen improved to finish third in the World Championship however, after a podium place in Latvia and a win in Poland.

Nicki Pedersen won his first major team gold for Denmark after winning the 2006 Speedway World Cup.

Nicki Pedersen was dominant in 2007, winning four of the eleven Grand Prix, and finishing runner-up in two.

Nicki Pedersen dropped only one point in the opening two rounds and had a run of six consecutive finals, which ended after an exclusion in the semi-final in Great Britain.

Nicki Pedersen won the penultimate Grand Prix in Slovenia and in doing so became the 2007 World Champion for a second time, after accumulating an unassailable lead at the head of the standings.

Nicki Pedersen successfully defended his title during the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix to become a three time world champion and join a select group of seven other riders at the time.

Nicki Pedersen helped Denmark win the 2008 Speedway World Cup and would go on to win four in total after winning again in 2012 and 2014.

Nicki Pedersen continued to perform at the major championships riding in every Grand Prix series until his last in the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix.

Nicki Pedersen won the silver medal during the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix and bronze medal at both the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix and 2015 Speedway Grand Prix.

Nicki Pedersen returned to British speedway in 2023, when he signed for Peterborough for the SGB Premiership 2023; he had previously ridden in Britain for the club in 2011.

Nicki Pedersen chose to ride just once in the final itself.