Patrick Hougaard

Background

Patrick Hougaard was born in Fredericia to parents Søren and Dorthe.

Career

He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas. He signed for the Belle Vue Aces midway through the 2008 season on leaving school. He stayed with Belle Vue until the end of the 2012 season, joining Peterborough Panthers in 2013.

In December 2013 he signed to ride for Leicester Lions in their debut Elite League season in 2014.

He also signed to ride in Poland for Polonia Bydgoszcz. 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 Wielkopolski

- Runner-up (14 pts)

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)

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

2008 - Runner-up

Individual U-19 Nordic Championship

Danish Speedway League

Team Polish Championship (Speedway Ekstraliga).

Achievements

• Hougaard won the Danish Under-21 championship in 2007, and first raced in the United Kingdom towards the end of the 2007 season, for Reading Racers. 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. 2010 - Rye House - Under-21 World Champion (11 pts) 2007 - Danish Champion 2009 Danish Champion 2006 - Nordic Champion 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 2007 - Polish Champion with Unia Leszno.