Antti Vuolas

Antti Vuolas
Born23 August 1999 (1999-08-23) (age 25)
Finland
NationalityFinnish
Career history
Denmark
2022–2023Region Varde
Great Britain
2024–2025Workington
2024Belle Vue
Individual honours
2018, 2022Finnish Championship bronze
Team honours
2023European Pairs bronze
2024British Premiership champion

Antti Vuolas (born 23 August 1999) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Vuolas twice won the bronze medal at the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship in 2018 and 2022.[5]

In 2022, he rode for Region Varde during the 2022 Danish speedway season and also appeared for Lublin in the U24 Ekstraliga.[3][6] In 2023, he stayed with Region Varde for the 2023 Danish speedway season and was part of the Finland team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.[7] In October 2023, he paired up with Timo Lahti to become the European Pairs bronze medal winner.[8]

He made his British League debut with the Workington Comets in the 2024 Championship[9][10][11] and helped Belle Vue Aces win the 2024 Premiership title.[12] Vuolas also represented Finland during the 2024 Speedway of Nations.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Antti Vuolas". Speedway News. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Antti Vuolas". Speedway Ekstraliga. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Antti Vuolas Finlandia". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Antti Vuolas". Zuzelend. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Individual Finnish Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Antti Vuolas". Sporto We Fakty. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  7. ^ "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  8. ^ "European Pairs Speedway Championship: Team Poland grabs the title at home". FIM Europe. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Antti Vuolas takes first peek at Workington Comets' track". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Vuolas makes it four". Workington Comets Speedway. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Comets sign up Vuolas". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Sensational Grand Final performance from West Cumbria's Dan Bewley". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Antti Vuolas called up for Finland in Speedway of Nations". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 22 August 2024.