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world champion british league pairs champion british league cup team cup winner world pairs champion british league 1967-1969 1970-1975 1976-1983 haderslev , denmark 1971 1969 , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 1973 , , 1975 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 1973 1973 1970 , 1980 1978 1972 , 1971 , 1972 , 1973 1971 , , 1973 , 1974 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 1975 1972 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 1971 , 1972 , , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 1973 1970 1978 , 1971 , 1972 , 1975 , 1977 , 1979 1967 , 1980 1976 1972 1974 1978 1977 1970 , 1971 , , 1972 , 1977 , 1978 1971 , 1972 , 1968 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1977 , 1978 1971 , 1970 , 1972 , 1977 , 1978 1970 , 1971 den denmark 1978 1978 1981 , 1981 , 1983 1979 1978 , 1979 16 november 1946 the great dane world champion midland riders champion long track world champion golden helmet champion of pardubice -lrb- cze -rrb- australian champion nsw state champion danish -lrb- aust -rrb- british-nordic-american champion intercontinental champion yorkshire television trophy champion pride of the east gold bar - denmark blue riband nordic brandonapolis olympique internationale the laurels golden sovereign star of anglia champion littlechild trophy golden gauntlets british league riders newcastle diamonds wolverhampton wolves coventry bees ole olsen intercontinental final.jpg ole olsen -lrb- speedway rider -rrb-
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ole olsen -lrb- speedway rider -rrb-

ole olsen -lrb- born 16 november 1946 in haderslev , denmark -rrb- is a former international motorcycle speedway rider .
olsen won the speedway world championship three times , in 1971 , 1975 , and 1978 .
he also won the world long track championship in 1973 .
in 1979 olsen won speedway world pairs championship with hans nielsen .
in 1978 , 1981 and 1983 olsen was the captain of denmark 's winning speedway world team cup teams , while also finishing second in 1979 and 1982 .
denmark could only place third in the 1980 world team cup intercontinental final and missed a place in the final held at the olympic stadium in wrocław , poland , the same track where he made his world individual final debut in 1970 .
olsen 's success greatly helped popularize the sport in denmark which led to him building and opening a track at vojens , the 15,000 capacity vojens speedway center , which has held many danish championships as well as the 1988 and 1994 speedway world finals -lrb- 1994 being the last under the old single meeting format -rrb- while it hosted the speedway grand prix of denmark from 1995 until 2002 , after which the danish gp was moved to the larger capacity parken stadium in copenhagen .
