Conny Samuelsson

Conny Samuelsson
Born (1947-08-15) 15 August 1947 (age 77)
Rumskulla, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
1964-1999Njudungarna / Vetlanda
1969Oxford Cheetahs
Individual honours
1977Ice Speedway World Championship silver medal
1976Ice Speedway World Championship bronze medal
Team honours
1986, 1987Elitserien Champion
1976Allsvenskan Champion
1966, 1975Allsvenskan 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

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

Ice World Championship

References

  1. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Conny Samuelsson". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Back to league business". Motherwell Times. 30 May 1969. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Swedish problem settled". Star Green 'un. 27 March 1971. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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