Conny Samuelsson
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| Born | 15 August 1947 Rumskulla, Sweden |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Erik Tage Conny Samuelsson (born 15 August 1947)[1] is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[2][3] He earned 9 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[4]
Speedway career
[edit | edit source]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.[5]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1969 riding for Oxford Cheetahs.[6][7] 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.[8] He spent 35 years riding for Njudungarna.
World final appearances
[edit | edit source]Ice World Championship
[edit | edit source]- 1969 – West Germany Inzell, 13th – 7pts
- 1970 – Sweden Nässjö, 4th – 14pts
- 1971 – West Germany Inzell, 9th – 16pts
- 1972 – Sweden Nässjö, 13th – 5pts
- 1976 – Netherlands Assen, 3rd – 26pts
- 1977 – West Germany Inzell, 2nd – 26pts
- 1978 – Netherlands Assen, 5th – 19pts
- 1979 – West Germany Inzell, 13th – 5pts
References
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