René Bach

Danish speedway rider

René Bach (born 7 June 1990, in Hjordkær, Rødekro)^[1][2] is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.^[3][4]

Career

He was a member of the Denmark U-21 national team.

He started his British leagues career in 2009, joining the Newcastle Diamonds for the 2009 Premier League speedway season. The following season he recorded a 9.42 average for the Diamonds.^[4] After a short spell at Peterborough he signed for the Workington Comets and in 2012, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Adam Roynon for Workington during the 2012 Premier League speedway season.^[5] He would spend three more seasons with the club from 2013 to 2015.^[4] Bach had a season in Scotland with Glasgow in 2016 before returning for one final season with Workington in 2018.^[4]

Results

World Championships

• Individual U-21 World Championship
  • 2009 - 11th place in Qualifying Round 5
• Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 Speedway World Cup)
  • 2008 - Holsted - Runner-up (6 pts)
  • 2009 - Gorzów Wlkp. - Runner-up (7 pts)
  • 2010 - Rye House - Under-21 World Champion (15 pts)

European Championships

• Individual U-19 European Championship
  • 2008 - track reserve at Semi-Final 2
  • 2009 - Tarnów - 15th place (2 pts)
• Team U-19 European Championship
  • 2009 - Holsted - 3rd place (9 pts)

Domestic competitions

• Team Polish Championship
  • 2008 - 4th place in Second League (Average 0.800 in 5 heats) for Łódź
  • 2009 - Second League for Piła

See also

• Denmark national speedway team

References

1. Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) 2009, pages 62-63, ISSN 1429-3285
2. www.speedway.com.pl. Retrieved on 2009-04-18.
3. "René Bach Dania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
4. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
5. "Adam Roynon profile". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 30 May 2023.