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{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}}{{BLP sources|date=April 2023}}

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| birth_place = Odense, Denmark| career1 = Denmark| years2 = | career2 =| years3 = | career3 =| years4 = | career4 =| career5 = Great Britain| years6 = 1977, 1984-1988| career6 = Wolverhampton Wolves| years7 = 1979-1983| career7 = Ipswich Witches| years8 = 1989| career8 = Mildenhall Fen Tigers| teamyear1 = 1984, 1985Speedway World Team Cup>World Team Cup| teamyear2 = 1981British League Knockout Cup>British League KO Cup winner}}Preben Kollster Eriksen (born 9 August 1958) in Odense, Denmark,Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). 1986 Speedway Yearbook. {{ISBN|0-948882-00-X}} is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. He won a Speedway world championship and currently lives in England.WEB,weblink ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, British Speedway, 22 June 2023,

Career

Eriksen rode with the Wolverhampton Wolves and the Ipswich Witches in the British League.He won the World Team Cup with Denmark in 1984 and 1985.

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1981 - {{flagicon|GBR}} London, Wembley Stadium - reserve - did not ride

World Team Cup

• 1982 - {{Flagicon|GBR}} London, White City Stadium (with Ole Olsen / Hans Nielsen / Erik Gundersen / Tommy Knudsen) - 2nd - 27pts (4)
• 1984 - {{Flagicon|POL}} Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Bo Petersen / Erik Gundersen / Hans Nielsen) - Winner - 44pts (9)
• 1985 - {{Flagicon|USA}} Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium (with Bo Petersen / Tommy Knudsen / Erik Gundersen / Hans Nielsen) - Winner - 37pts (5)

See also

• Denmark national speedway team

References

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