Dave Meijerink

Dave Meijerink (born 23 March 2000) is a long track rider, grasstrack racer and motorcycle speedway from the Netherlands.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Dave Meijerink

Born	23 March 2000 (2000-03-23) (age 24) Schuinesloot, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Team honours
2023	World Longtrack Team Champion

Career

Meijerink was beginning to impress in the Netherlands during 2017^[7] but came to prominence when he reached the finals of both the 2018 Team Long Track World Championship and the 2018 Individual Long Track World Championship. He finished just outside the medal placings in the former, finishing in fourth place.^[8] He repeated the fourth-place finish in the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.^[9]

Meijerink has concentrated solely on Long track racing and grasstrack racing in recent years and finished 16th in the 2022 Individual Long Track World Championship^[10] and competed in the 2023 Individual Long Track World Championship.^[11]

In 2023, he was part of the Dutch team, along with Romano Hummel, Mika Meijer and Jannick de Jong, that won the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship.^[12][13]

References

1. "Dave Meijerink Steckbrief". Speedweek.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
2. "Dave Meijerink". Sporto We Fakty. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
3. "Dave Meijerink". Speedway News. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
4. "WK deelname voor Mika Meijer en Dave Meijerink". KNMV. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
5. "Dave Meijerink". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
6. "The speedway golden helmet for Dave Meijerink". FÉDÉRATION MOTOCYCLISTE DE BELGIQUE. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
7. "Grasbaancoureur Dave Meijerink op dreef in Stadskanaal". Meppeler Courant. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
8. "Final scores". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
9. "May 2022". Bahn Sport. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
10. "In the Medals". Speedway Star. 1 October 2022. p. 20.
11. "Harris takes second World Long Track win". FIM Moto. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
12. "24 September 2023 in Roden". Bahn Sport (In Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
13. "'De speedwayrijders zijn wild en willen er allemaal uit.' Baansportseizoen start met ONK in Veenoord'". Dagblad van het Noorden. Retrieved 2 September 2024.