Conny Samuelsson
Appearance
Born | Rumskulla, Sweden | 15 August 1947
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Nationality | Swedish |
Career history | |
1964-1999 | Njudungarna / Vetlanda |
1969 | Oxford Cheetahs |
Individual honours | |
1977 | Ice Speedway World Championship silver medal |
1976 | Ice Speedway World Championship bronze medal |
Team honours | |
1986, 1987 | Elitserien Champion |
1976 | Allsvenskan Champion |
1966, 1975 | Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion |
Conny Samuelsson (born 15 August 1947) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2] He earned 9 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[3]
Speedway career
[edit]Samuelsson won the silver medal at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in the 1977 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship. He had won a bronze medal the previous year in the 1976 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.[4]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1969 riding for Oxford Cheetahs.[5][6] It was the only club outside of the Njudungarna team that he ever rode for, although he was allocated to Sheffield Tigers in 1971 but the deal did not materialise.[7] He spent 35 years riding for Njudungarna.
World final appearances
[edit]Ice World Championship
[edit]- 1975 – Moscow, 3rd – 26pts
- 1976 – Assen, 2nd – 26pts
- 1977 – Inzell, 5th – 19pts
- 1978 – Assen, 13th – 5pts
References
[edit]- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Conny Samuelsson". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Back to league business". Motherwell Times. 30 May 1969. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Swedish problem settled". Star Green 'un. 27 March 1971. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.