Emil Lindqvist

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Emil Lindqvist
Born8 December 1976 (1976-12-08) (age 46)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1994–2000 Rospiggarna
2001–2002 Vargarna
2003 Korparna
Great Britain
1999, 2001–2002 Newport Wasps
2000 Poole Pirates
Individual honours
1996 Swedish U21 champion

Emil Lindqvist (born 8 December 1976) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. [1] [2] [3]

Career

Lindqvist came to prominence when he won the gold medal at the 1996 Swedish Junior Speedway Championship. [4] The following year he reached the final of the 1997 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. [5]

He started racing in the British leagues during the 1999 Premier League speedway season, when riding for the Newport Wasps and averaged 8.86. [6] [1]

He rode in Sweden for Rospiggarna, Vargarna and Korparna.

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References

  1. 1 2 "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Emil Lindqvist" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who, Profile Emil Lindqvist. Peter Oakes, Peterborough. ISBN   0-948882-81-6.
  3. ↑ "Lindqvist flies back to the Wasps' nest". Crash.net. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jensen just sensational" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 3 August 1997. Retrieved 6 July 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Emil Lindqvist". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 6 July 2023.


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