Alexander Woentin

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Alexander Woentin
Born3 July 2000 (2000-07-03) (age 23)
Eksjö, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
2018-2019Smederna
2020Vetlanda
2021Piraterna
2022Dackarna
Poland
2021Tarnów
Individual honours
2020European U21 Championship bronze
2017, 2019, 2020Swedish U21 champion

Alexander Woentin (born 3 July 2000) is a speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2][3]

Speedway career[edit]

Woentin came to prominence in 2017, when he qualified for the finals of both the World U21 Championship and the European U19 Championship.[4]

The following year he became a regular member of the Sweden national under-21 speedway team and helped them reach the 2018 Team Junior European Championship final.[5] During 2019, he reached the finals of the European U21 and U19 Championships before he was selected for the Sweden national speedway team where he stood as reserve during the 2020 Speedway of Nations. He also won a bronze medal at the 2020 Junior European Championship.[6]

He finished 9th in the 2021 Speedway Under-21 World Championship and 7th in the 2021 Team Speedway Junior World Championship.[7]

In 2022, he rode for Dackarna in the Swedish Eliserien (the highest league in Sweden).[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alexander Woentin". Elite Speedway. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Alexander Woentin". Speedway News. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Woentin, Alexander". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. ^ "2017 Result". Sportowe Fakty (In Polish).
  5. ^ "U21 Team Final (Daugavpils) 01/09/2018". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  6. ^ "European U21 Individual Speedway Championship: Danish Marcus Birkemose takes the title". FIM. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Miskowiak is the new FIM Speedway U21 World Champion". FIM. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Alexander Woentin is currently not available to be selected for the match due to personal reasons". Dackarna Speedway. Retrieved 29 January 2023.