Leon Madsen

Leon Daniel Madsen (born 5 September 1988) is a Danish speedway rider who is a two-time 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.

Madsen 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 finishing runner-up behind Bartosz Zmarzlik in the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix.

In 2023, Madsen 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.

Madsen's 2024 season was overshadowed by family problems and injury issues before he finally finished ninth in the world championship. He was controversially omitted from the 2025 Speedway Grand Prix.

Major results 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 2024 World individual championship - 9th 2025 World individual championship - =16th

Grand Prix wins 1: 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland 2: 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain 3: 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Toruń 4: 2023 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark 5: 2026 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic

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 2025 Speedway of Nations - 3rd 2026 Speedway World Cup - 2nd

European Championships Individual European Championship 2007 - 13th 2018 - Winner 2019 - 3rd 2020 - 2nd 2021 - 2nd 2022 - Winner 2023 - 2nd 2024 - 2nd 2025 - 3rd

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)