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Swedish speedway rider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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 |
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.
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