Conny Ivarsson
Appearance
Born | Vetlanda, Sweden | 15 April 1965
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Nationality | Swedish |
Career history | |
Sweden | |
1982- | Njudungarna/Vetlanda |
Great Britain | |
1987 | Swindon Robins |
Denmark | |
1990 | SaeSK Saeby |
Individual honours | |
1988 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Team honours | |
1986, 1987 | Elitserien Champion |
Conny Ivarsson (born 15 April 1965) is a Swedish former speedway rider.[1] He earned 40 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[2]
Speedway career
[edit]Ivarsson was a leading speedway rider during the 1980s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway during the 1987 British League season, riding for Swindon Robins.[4][5]
Family
[edit]His brother Claes Ivarsson was also an international speedway rider.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Conny Ivarsson profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Robins target". Western Daily Press. 4 June 1987. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway legend dead: "Hard right now"". Expressen. Retrieved 7 August 2021.