Leon Madsen

Leon Daniel Madsen (born 5 September 1988) is a Danish speedway rider who is twice a World Championship silver medalist.

Career


Born in Vejle, Madsen won the 80cc junior World Championship in 2001.

In 2018, Madsen won the Individual Speedway European Championship for the first time. The following year in 2019, he won the silver medal in the Speedway World Championship, finishing runner-up in the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix behind Bartosz Zmarzlik. He won three Grand Prix events during the 2019 Championship.

He was part of the Denmark national speedway team that won consecutive bronze medals at the 2020 Speedway of Nations and 2021 Speedway of Nations. In 2022, he returned to top form, winning the European Championship for the second time and once again finising runner-up behind Bartosz Zmarzlik in the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix.

In 2023, he was part of the Danish team that won the bronze medal in the 2023 Speedway World Cup final. He also won the silver medal at the 2023 Speedway European Championship. Despite an inconsistent 2023 Grand Prix campaign, he did win the Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark on 16 September and finished the season strongly to take fifth place in the World Championship and ensure his place in the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix.

World individual Championships

 * 2019 World individual championship - runner up
 * 2019 World individual championship - 5th
 * 2021 World individual championship - 7th
 * 2022 World individual championship - runner up
 * 2023 World individual championship - 5th

Grand Prix wins

 * 1: 2019 Warsaw Grand Prix Champion
 * 2: 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
 * 3: 2019 Torun Grand Prix Champion
 * 4: 2023 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

World team Championships

 * 2019 Speedway of Nations - 4th
 * 2020 Speedway of Nations - 3rd
 * 2021 Speedway of Nations - 3rd
 * 2022 Speedway of Nations - 4th
 * 2023 Speedway World Cup - 3rd

European Championships

 * Individual European Championship
 * 2007 - 13th
 * 2018 - Winner 
 * 2019 - 3rd
 * 2020 - 2nd
 * 2021 - 2nd
 * 2022 - Winner 
 * 2023 - 2nd

Junior World Championships

 * Individual U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Championship)
 * 2008 - 7th placed in the Qualifying Round Four
 * 2009 - 9th placed in the Qualifying Round Five
 * Team U-21 World Championship (Under-21 Speedway World Cup)
 * 2006 - rode in Qualifying Round One only
 * 2009 - Runner-up (11 pts)