Stig Pramberg
Appearance
Born | 23 April 1921 Lund, Sweden |
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Died | 15 September 1996 Degeberga, Sweden | (aged 75)
Nationality | Swedish |
Career history | |
1948–1954, 1958–1959 | Vargarna |
1955–1957 | Filbyterna |
Individual honours | |
1952 | Continental final bronze medal |
Team honours | |
1949, 1951, 1953, 1954 | League champion |
Stig Allan Pramberg (23 April 1921 – 15 September 1996) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2] He was a member of the Sweden national speedway team.
Biography
[edit]He won four League championships with Vargarna in 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1954.[3]
During 1950, he was ranked the number two Swedish rider behind Olle Nygren.[4]
He also reached the Championship round of the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship, which included a third-place finish in the Continental Speedway final in 1952.[5] It was in 1952, that he also took a role as a speedway rider in a film called Dangerous Curve.[2]
In 1958, he reached the final of the 1958 Individual Long Track European Championship.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Stig Pramberg". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Stig Pramberg". Swedish Film Database. 23 April 1921. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Swedish Speedway History in Figures". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Speedway Racing". Staffordshire Sentinel. 6 April 1950. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bradley joins Nygren in World final". Bristol Evening Post. 27 August 1953. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.