Erik Stenlund

Erik Stenlund

Born	(1962-05-26) 26 May 1962 (age 63) Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Sweden
1983–1987	Getingarna
1988–1989	Stockholm United
1990–1992	Rospiggarna
Great Britain
1983	Poole Pirates
1988	Swindon Robins
1996	Reading Racers
Individual honours
1985	Swedish Champion
Team honours
1983, 1985, 1989	Elitserien Champion

Medal record
Ice speedway
Representing   Sweden
World championships
	1983 Eindhoven	Individual
	1984 Moscow	Individual
	1983 Stockholm	Individual
	1988 Eindhoven	Individual

Erik Stenlund (born 26 May 1962) is a Swedish former speedway rider. ^{[1] [2]} He earned 25 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. ^[3]

Speedway career

Stenlund is a two times world champion at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship (1984He toured the UK with Rospiggarna in 1992. ^[4] & 1988) and a former champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1985. ^[5]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway for three seasons, ^[6] for Poole Pirates in 1983, Swindon Robins in 1988 (after missing their 1987 season) ^[7] and for Reading Racers in 1996.

World final appearances

World Longtrack Championship

• 1989 Mariánské Lázně 4th 28pts
• 1990 Herxheim 7th 21pt
• 1991 Mariánské Lázně 14th 4pts
• 1993 Mühldorf 17th 2pts

Ice World Championship

• 1981 Assen 11th 9pts
• 1982 Inzell 15th
• 1983 Eindhoven 3rd 24pts
• 1984 Moscow champion 29pts
• 1985 Assen 4th 25pts
• 1986 Stockholm 3rd 25pts
• 1988 Eindhoven champion 29pts

References

1. "Erik Stenlund profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
2. Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 530. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
3. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
4. "A home debut for Falcons Swedish star" . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 28 March 1992. Retrieved 8 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
6. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
7. "Robins go for Dane" . Western Daily Press. 27 May 1987. Retrieved 29 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.