Jan Jakobsen

Jan Jakobsen (12 May 1965 – 23 August 2020) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.

Career
Jakobsen came to prominence after winning the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship in 1984.

He reached the final of the Under-21 World Championship in 1986. Also in 1986, he won the Danish Speedway League with Fjelsted Speedway Klub.

He started racing in the British leagues during the 1987 British League season, when riding for the Cradley Heathens as a replacement for Alan Grahame. He won another Danish Speedway League title with Fjelsted in 1992.

He was also a successful team manager but died in 2020.

Personal life
His son Frederik Jakobsen is a speedway rider.