Introduction
Patrick Hald Hougaard (born 23 May 1989) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider 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. He signed for the Belle Vue Aces midway through the 2008 season on leaving school. 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.
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.
Speedway Grand Prix results
| 2008 SGP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
| — |  Copenhagen | 18 | - | - | 18 |
| 2009 SGP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
| — | Copenhagen | 17 | |||
| permanent speedway rider | |
| wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve | |
| rider not classified (track reserve who did not start) |
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)
- 2005 -
European Championships
- Individual European Championship
- 2007 -
Wiener Neustadt - 3rd place (11 pts) - 2008 - 12th place in Semi-Final 1
- 2007 -
- Individual U-19 European Championship
- 2006 - Goričan - 16th place (3 pts)
- 2007 - Częstochowa - 13th place (5 pts)
- 2008 -
Stralsund - 4th place (11 pts)
- 2006 -
- Team U-19 European Championship
- 2008 - Rawicz - 3rd place (13 pts)
- 2008 -
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