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{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}}
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{{Infobox speedway rider
| name = Erik Gundersen
| image = Erik Gundersen.jpg
| nationality = Danish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|10|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Esbjerg]], Denmark

| career1 = '''Denmark'''
| years2 = 1979–1989
| career2 = [[Esbjerg Speedway Klub|Esbjerg]]
| career3 = '''Great Britain'''
| years4 = 1979–1989
| career4 = [[Cradley Heathens]]
| career5 = '''Sweden'''
| years6 = 1987–1989
| career6 = [[Vargarna]]

| indivhonour1 = [[Individual Speedway World Championship|World Speedway Champion]]
| indivyear1 = 1984, 1985, 1988
| indivhonour2 = [[Individual Long Track World Championship|Long Track World Champion]]
| indivyear2 = 1984, 1986
| indivhonour3 = [[British League Riders' Championship|British League Riders Speedway Champion]]
| indivyear3 = 1983, 1985
| indivhonour4 = [[Individual Speedway Danish Championship|Danish Speedway Champion]]
| indivyear4 = 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989
| indivhonour5 = [[Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship|Danish Under-21 Speedway Champion]]
| indivyear5 = 1983, 1985, 1986
| indivhonour6 = [[Denmark Longtrack Champion]]
| indivyear6 = 1985, 1986
| indivhonour7 = [[Golden Helmet of Pardubice (CZE)|Golden Helmet of Pardubice]]
| indivyear7 = 1985, 1986
| indivhonour8 = [[Intercontinental Final|Intercontinental Speedway Champion]]
| indivyear8 = 1986, 1987
| indivhonour9 = Nordic Speedway Champion
| indivyear9 = 1987
| indivhonour10 = Danish Gold Bar
| indivyear10 = 1981, 1982, 1986
| indivhonour11 = [[Midland Riders' Championship|Midland Riders Champion]]
| indivyear11 = 1981, 1982, 1983
| indivhonour12 = Golden Gala Italy
| indivyear12 = 1982, 1986
| indivhonour13 = Golden Hammer
| indivyear13 = 1986, 1987
| indivhonour14 = Blue Riband
| indivyear14 = 1983
| indivhonour15 = Second City Trophy
| indivyear15 = 1983
| teamhonour1 = [[Speedway World Team Cup|World Team Cup winner]]
| teamyear1 = 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986,<br> 1987, 1988
| teamhonour2 = [[Speedway World Pairs Championship|World Pairs Champion]]
| teamyear2 = 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
| teamhonour3 = [[British League|British League Champion]]
| teamyear3 = 1981, 1983
| teamhonour4 = [[British League Knockout Cup|British League KO Cup Winner]]
| teamyear4 = 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986,<br>1987, 1988, 1989
| teamhonour5 = British League Cup
| teamyear5 = 1982, 1984
| teamhonour6 = [[Midland Cup (speedway)|Midland Cup]]
| teamyear6 = 1980, 1983, 1984
}}

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'''Erik Gundersen''' (born 8 October 1959 in [[Esbjerg]], Denmark)<ref>Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). ''1986 Speedway Yearbook''.  {{ISBN|0-948882-00-X}}</ref> is a former [[motorcycle speedway]] rider. Gundersen is one of the most successful speedway riders of all time, having won the [[Individual Speedway World Championship|Speedway World Champion]] on three occasions, the [[Individual Long Track World Championship|Long Track World Championship]] twice and the [[Speedway World Pairs Championship|World Pairs Championship]] five times. He is also a seven-time [[Speedway World Team Cup|World Team Cup]] winner with [[Denmark national speedway team|Denmark]], and earned 91 international caps for the country.<ref>{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=520|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://fimspeedway.com/news/fim-speedway-stars-of-the-century-interview-erik-gundersen |title=FIM SPEEDWAY STARS OF THE CENTURY INTERVIEW, ERIK GUNDERSEN |website=FIM |access-date=3 May 2023}}</ref>

Gundersen won the World Pairs Championship a record five years in succession from 1985 to 1989, and won the World Team Cup a record six years in succession from 1983 to 1988. His 17 World Championship wins see him sit second for the most World Championships won behind fellow Dane and Gundersen's long time Danish teammate and rival [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]].<ref name=RI>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

==Career==
===1979===
Gundersen rode for his home town club [[Esbjerg Speedway Klub|Esbjerg]] and joined the British leagues with [[Cradley Heath Heathens]] during the [[1979 British League season]].<ref>Foster, P. (2003) ''Heathens: Cradley Heath Speedway 1977-1996'', The History Press Ltd. {{ISBN|0-7524-2738-5}}</ref> He also rode in the qualifying rounds of the [[1979 Speedway World Team Cup]] and gained a silver medal despite not actually riding in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc79.htm|title=1979 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=6 June 2023}}</ref>

===1980===
Gundersen enjoyed a solid season for Cradley Heath and helped them win the [[Knockout Cup (speedway)|Knockout Cup]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|page= |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref> In addition he rode for Denmark in his second World Cup.

===1981===
Gundersen first appeared in the [[Individual Speedway World Championship|Speedway World Championship]] Final in [[1981 Individual Speedway World Championship|1981]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] where in front of 92,500 fans he finished 4th with 11 points. On the night he set a new 4 lap record for the {{convert|345|m|yd|abbr=off}} track of 66.8 seconds, a record that will stand forever as this was the last time that speedway was raced at the famous venue. He also won the World Cup with Denmark for the first time<ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results|year=1987|page=290|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5}}</ref> and was a league champion with Cradley.<ref name=RI/>

===1982===
His [[1982 Individual Speedway World Championship|1982]] title chase ended on a sour note when he failed to qualify for the final held at the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] after finishing a surprising 16th and last in the [[1982 Intercontinental Final]] in Sweden.<ref>[http://www.speedway.org/history/82.htm#1982 Speedway World Championship History - 1982]</ref> However, the year resulted in two medals, a silver in the World Cup and a bronze in the [[Speedway World Pairs Championship]], (appearing in the semi final). Additionally he won two cup competitions with Cradley.<ref name=RI/>

===1983===
He made amends for his 1982 failure, easily qualifying for the [[1983 Individual Speedway World Championship|1983 World Final]] in [[West Germany]] where he would again finish in a strong 4th place. He won the [[British League Riders' Championship]], held at [[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]] on 15 October 1983.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dane wins |work=Sunday Mirror |date=16 October 1983|access-date=4 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002137/19831016/305/0041 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He won a second World Cup gold medal with Denmark and a bronze in the World pairs, partnering Hans Nielsen. In Britain, he won the league and cup double with Cradley and topped the Midlands' team averages.<ref name=RI/>

===1984===
1984 was a hugely successful year for Gundersen; he went on to win the [[1984 Individual Speedway World Championship]] at [[Ullevi]] in [[Gothenburg]] and became the World champion for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002454/19840902/047/0047 |title=Little Erik's a king |website=The People |date=2 September 1984 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 September 2024}}</ref> He also won another World Cup with Denmark, the [[Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship]] and a silver medal in the World Pairs.

===1985===
Gundersen successfully defended his World title, winning the [[1985 Individual Speedway World Championship]] at the [[Odsal Stadium]] in [[Bradford]]. He achieved the treble of World titles by winning the World Cup and World Pairs again, in arguably greatest ever season. He also won the British League Riders' Championship for the second time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ace Erik is King of the track |work=Daily Mirror  |date=21 October 1985 |access-date=4 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19851021/161/0027 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

===1986===
Despite a 10th place finish (engine failure during the heats ended his chances of winning) at the [[1986 Individual Speedway World Championship|1986 World Final]], he won a fifth World Cup gold medal in a Denmark team that dominated world speedway at the time. He also won the World pairs with Hans Nielsen and a second Long Track World Championship.<ref>{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results|year=1987|page=290|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5}}</ref> 

===1987===
Gundersen was pipped by great rival Nielsen in the 2-day [[1987 Individual Speedway World Championship|1987 World Final]] at the [[Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)|Amsterdam Olympic Stadium]].<ref>[http://www.speedway.org/history/87.htm#1987 Speedway World Championship History - 1987]</ref> He once again made amends by winning the World Pairs (with Nielsen) and a sixth World Cup. Domestically, he won another Knockout Cup with Cradley and was already regarded as one of their greatest ever riders.<ref name=RI/>

===1988===
At a packed to capacity [[Vojens Speedway Center]] in what was the first ever World Individual Final held in his home country of Denmark, Gundersen claimed his third World Championship in the [[1988 Individual Speedway World Championship|1988]]. He won his fourth consecutive World pairs<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19880801/023/0023 |title=Ice Cool Danes shock Brits |website=Western Daily Press  |date=1 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 August 2024}}</ref> and a seventh World Cup gold medal.

===1989===
1989 started much as usual, he would win the World Pairs again<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19890807/024/0024 |title=Tatum targets Munich |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph  |date=7 August 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> and suffered an engine failure during the final of the [[1989 Individual Speedway World Championship|1989]] at the [[Olympiastadion (Munich)|Munich Olympic Stadium]] in West Germany, which ended any chances of a fourth World crown.

Gundersen's career was ended just a few weeks after the 1989 World Final when he was involved in an accident whilst riding for Denmark at the Odsal Stadium on the 17 September 1989, in the [[1989 Speedway World Team Cup|World Team Cup]] final. Starting from the outside in Gate 4, he won the start but his motorcycle locked up on the first bend and he was knocked off by the rider behind. As he lay on the race track he was hit in the head by another rider's rear wheel. After the accident he was not expected to live and he remained in a coma for three days, but he eventually regained consciousness. He was then confined to a bed in hospital for the next month with grim prospects for resuming a normal life as doctors reported he had no neurological function below his neck.<ref name=hws>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</ref> 

==After racing==
Gundersen defied the experts though and was determined to walk again. He had to learn to walk again and raised a large amount of money for the hospital which saved his life. He later went on to manage the Danish national speedway team.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2VJOmLxRBQ Erik Gundersen crash and rehabilitation]</ref>

During his career, Gundersen never finished off of the podium in the final of either the Speedway World Team Cup or the Speedway World Pairs Championship, though he was unable to take the podium of the 1989 World Team Cup in which Denmark finished in second place.

==World final appearances==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
| colspan="20" style="text-align:center;"|'''World Championship Final results timeline'''
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | 1979
! scope="col" | 1980
! scope="col" | 1981
! scope="col" | 1982
! scope="col" | 1983
! scope="col" | 1984
! scope="col" | 1985
! scope="col" | 1986
! scope="col" | 1987
! scope="col" | 1988
! scope="col" | 1989
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" |Finishing position
| [[1979 Individual Speedway World Championship|-]]
| [[1980 Individual Speedway World Championship|-]]
| [[1981 Individual Speedway World Championship|4]]
| [[1982 Individual Speedway World Championship|-]]
| [[1983 Individual Speedway World Championship|4]]
| style="background:gold;"|[[1984 Individual Speedway World Championship|1]]
| style="background:gold;"|[[1985 Individual Speedway World Championship|1]]
| [[1986 Individual Speedway World Championship|10]]
| style="background:silver;"|[[1987 Individual Speedway World Championship|2]]
| style="background:gold;"|[[1988 Individual Speedway World Championship|1]]
| [[1989 Individual Speedway World Championship|4]]
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}

===Individual World Championship===
* [[1981 Individual Speedway World Championship|1981]] - {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[London]], [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] - 4th - 11pts
* [[1983 Individual Speedway World Championship|1983]] - {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Norden, Lower Saxony|Norden]], [[Motodrom Halbemond]]  - 4th - 10pts
* [[1984 Individual Speedway World Championship|1984]] - {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]], [[Ullevi]] - '''Winner''' - 14pts
* [[1985 Individual Speedway World Championship|1985]] - {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Bradford]], [[Odsal Stadium]] - '''Winner''' - 13pts + 3pts
* [[1986 Individual Speedway World Championship|1986]] - {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Chorzów]], [[Silesian Stadium]] - 10th - 7pts
* [[1987 Individual Speedway World Championship|1987]] - {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Amsterdam]], [[Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)|Olympic Stadium]] - '''2nd''' - 24pts + 3pts
* [[1988 Individual Speedway World Championship|1988]] - {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Vojens]], [[Vojens Speedway Center|Speedway Center]] - '''Winner''' - 14pts + 3pts
* [[1989 Individual Speedway World Championship|1989]] - {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Munich]], [[Olympic Stadium (Munich)|Olympic Stadium]]  - 4th - 11pts<ref name="hws"/>

===World Pairs Championship===
* [[1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1983]] - {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]], [[Ullevi]] (with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]) - '''3rd''' - 19pts (8)
* [[1984 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1984]] - {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Lonigo]], [[Pista Speedway]] (with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]) - '''2nd''' - 25pts (10)
* [[1985 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1985]] - {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Rybnik]], [[Rybnik Municipal Stadium]] (with [[Tommy Knudsen]]) - '''Winner''' - 29pts (16)
* [[1986 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1986]] - {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Pocking]], [[Rottalstadion]] (with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]) - '''Winner''' - 46pts (19)
* [[1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1987]] - {{Flagicon|TCH}} [[Pardubice]], [[Svítkova Stadion|Svítkov Stadion]] (with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]) - '''Winner''' - 52pts (26)<ref>{{cite news |title=Danes defeat spirited challenge |work=Sandwell Evening Mail |date=29 June 1987 |access-date=11 July 2021 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002487/19870629/308/0028| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1988]] - {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Bradford]], [[Odsal Stadium]] (with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]) - '''Winner''' - 45pts (18)
* [[1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1989]] - {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Leszno]], [[Alfred Smoczyk Stadium]] (with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]) - '''Winner''' - 48pts (20)

===World Team Cup===
* [[1981 Speedway World Team Cup|1981]] - {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Olching]], [[Olching Speedwaybahn]] (with [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] / [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] / [[Tommy Knudsen]] / [[Finn Thomsen]]) - '''Winner''' - 36pts (9)
* [[1982 Speedway World Team Cup|1982]] - {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[London]], [[White City Stadium]] (with [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] / [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] / [[Preben Eriksen]] / [[Tommy Knudsen]]) - '''2nd''' - 27pts (7)
* [[1983 Speedway World Team Cup|1983]] - {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Vojens]], [[Vojens Speedway Center|Speedway Center]] (with [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] / [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] / [[Finn Thomsen]] / [[Peter Ravn (speedway rider)|Peter Ravn]]) - '''Winner''' - 37pts (12)
* [[1984 Speedway World Team Cup|1984]] - {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Leszno]], [[Alfred Smoczyk Stadium]] (with [[Bo Petersen]] / [[Preben Eriksen]] / [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]) - '''Winner''' - 44pts (12)
* [[1985 Speedway World Team Cup|1985]] - {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]] (with [[Bo Petersen]] / [[Tommy Knudsen]] / [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] / [[Preben Eriksen]]) - '''Winner''' - 37pts (10)
* [[1986 Speedway World Team Cup|1986]] - {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]], [[Ullevi]], {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Vojens]], [[Vojens Speedway Center|Speedway Center]] and {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Bradford]], [[Odsal Stadium]] (with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] / [[Tommy Knudsen]] / [[Jan O. Pedersen]] / [[John Jørgensen]]) - '''Winner''' - 129pts (33)
* [[1987 Speedway World Team Cup|1987]] - {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Fredericia]], [[Fredericia Speedway]], {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Coventry]], [[Brandon Stadium]] and {{Flagicon|TCH}} [[Prague]], [[Marketa Stadium]] (with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] / [[Jan O. Pedersen]] / [[Tommy Knudsen]]) - '''Winner''' - 130pts (33)
* [[1988 Speedway World Team Cup|1988]] - {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[Veterans Memorial Stadium (Long Beach)|Veterans Memorial Stadium]] (with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] / [[Tommy Knudsen]] / [[Jan O. Pedersen]] / [[John Jørgensen]]) - '''Winner''' - 44pts (6)
* [[1989 Speedway World Team Cup|1989]]* - {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Bradford]], [[Odsal Stadium]] - (with [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] / [[Gert Handberg]] / [[John Jørgensen]] / [[Brian Karger]]) - '''2nd''' - 34pts (0)
<small>''* The 1989 Speedway World Team Cup final was where Gundersen suffered his career ending crash in turn 1 of Heat 1.''</small>

===Individual Under-21 World Championship===
* [[1978 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship|1978]] - {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Lonigo]], [[Pista Speedway]] - 6th - 11pts
* [[1980 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship|1980]] - {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Pocking]], [[Rottalstadion]] - 4th - 11+2pts

==World Longtrack Championship==

===One Day Finals===
* 1984 {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz|Herxheim]] - '''Winner''' - 23pts
* 1985 {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Esbjerg]] (N/S)
* 1986 {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Pfarrkirchen]] - '''Winner''' - 25pts
* 1987 {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Mühldorf]] - (7th) - 10pts

==References==
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{{Speedway World Champions}}

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