Andreas Jonsson

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Andreas Jonsson
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Andreas Jonsson in July 2006
Born (1980-09-03) 3 September 1980 (age 44)
Häverödal, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1996–2004, 2014–2019 Rospiggarna
2005–2012 Dackarna
2013 Smederna
Great Britain
1998–1999, 2001–2005 Coventry
2006–2008, 2015–2016 Lakeside Hammers
Poland
1999–2000 Gorzów
2001 Toruń
2002–2003, 2017 Częstochowa
2004–2010 Bydgoszcz
2011–2015 Zielona Góra
2016 Rybnik
2018–2019 Motor Lublin
Denmark
2010–2011 Esbjerg
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
Starts158
Podiums18 (9-6-3)
Finalist25 times
Winner9 times
Individual honours
2011 World Championship runner-up
2006, 2007, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2013,
2016
Swedish Champion
2000 World Under-21 Champion
1998, 2000 Swedish U21 champion
1997, 1998, 1999Scandinavian Under-21 Champion
2006 Scandinavian Grand Prix Winner
2007 Danish Grand Prix Winner
2007 German Grand Prix Winner
2009 2014 Nordic Grand Prix Winner
2010 Polish Grand Prix Champion
2011 Torun Grand Prix Champion
2011 Croatian Grand Prix Champion
2011 Italian Grand Prix Champion
2007 Golden Helmet of Pardubice (CZE)
Team honours
2003, 2004, 2015 World Cup Winner
1999, 2001Swedish Pairs Winner
2003, 2001 Polish Ekstraliga Champion
1997, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2016 Swedish Elitserien Champion
2005European Club Champion

Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson (born 3 September 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden) [1] is a Swedish former international motorcycle speedway rider. [2] He was a member of the Sweden speedway team that won the World Cup in 2003, 2004 and 2015. [3] He earned 26 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. [4]

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Career summary

Jonsson excelled at Under-21 level winning two Swedish U21 Championships in 1998 and 2000, [5] three Scandinavian titles and the 2000 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. [6] He began his career in his native Sweden riding for Rospiggarna in 1996 nut would be a regular rider in the British and Polish leagues. He started in Britain in 1998 for the Coventry Bees [7] and one year later in 1999 in Poland for Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski.

He soon became one of the sports leading riders and first participated in the Speedway Grand Prix (the World Championship) in 2001. He would remain a Grand Prix rider for 16 consecutive years until the end of the 2016 season.

He won the $100,000 first prize on offer at the 100th Speedway Grand Prix, billed as the 'Richest Minute in Motorsport' [8] and won eight Grand Prix events in total. His greatest achievement came in 2011, when he was the World Championship runner-up behind Greg Hancock.

In addition to nearly becoming the World individual champion he did win three World team Championships (Speedway World Cup) with Sweden in 2003, 2004 and 2015. He medalled another ten times. [9]

Andreas Jonsson has also won the Swedish Championship on seven occasions in 2006, 2007, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016. [10]

In late-August 2019, he announced his retirement from motorcycle speedway. [11]

Speedway Grand Prix results

YearPositionPointsBest FinishNotes
2001 24th711thOne ride as a wild card in Sweden
2002 14th704th
2003 10th764th
2004 7th972nd
2005 8th802nd
2006 4th119WinnerWon home event in Malilla (Sweden)
2007 10th90WinnerWon events in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
2008 7th1004th
2009 5th116WinnerWon event in Vojens (Denmark)
2010 9th95WinnerWon event in Bydgoszcz (Poland)
2011 2nd125WinnerWon events in Terenzano (Italy), Torun (Poland) and Gorican (Croatia)
2012 9th882nd
2013 13th647th
2014 6th103WinnerWon event in Vojens (Denmark)
2015 10th883rd
2016 14th538th
2018 =19th7=9th1 event only
2007 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 4)
Race no.Grand PrixPos.Pts.HeatsDraw No
1 /11 Flag of Italy.svg Italian SGP 107(2,2,2,0,1)8
2 /11 Flag of Europe.svg European SGP 144(2,1,1,X,-)16
3 /11 Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish SGP 125(2,1,0,0,2)3
4 /11 Flag of Denmark.svg Danish SGP 116(0,2,1,3,2) +2 +315
5 /11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British SGP 135(2,1,1,X,1)1
6 /11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Rep. SGP 107(3,1,3,X,-)15
7 /11 Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg Scandinavian SGP injury → (19) Peter Karlsson 13
8 /11 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvian SGP 88(3,2,0,1,2) +01
9 /11 Flag of Poland.svg Polish SGP 411(1,3,0,3,2) +2 +09
10 /11 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenian SGP 106(1,3,2,0,0)4
11 /11 Flag of Germany.svg German SGP 121(3,1,3,3,3) +2 +39
 permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
 rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

See also

References

  1. Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN   0-9552376-1-0
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 522. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
  3. Bamford, Robert (2007-03-01). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN   978-0-7524-4250-1.
  4. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  5. "Individual Swedish Junior Championships". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  6. Oakes, P (2005). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN   0-948882-30-1.
  7. "Bees sign Denmark shooting star Charlie" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 11 February 1999. Retrieved 29 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Jonsson wins top prize". SpeedwayWorld.tv. 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-10-26.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. "Speedway World Cup Nations" (PDF). motorsporttop20. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  10. "Individual Swedish Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  11. "Andreas Jonsson lägger av" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.