Freddie Eriksson

Last updated
Freddie Eriksson
Freddie Eriksson 2007 Oxford.jpg
Eriksson in 2007
Born (1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 (age 43)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
2000–2003 Rospiggarna
2004–2008, 2013 Hammarby
2009 Getingarna
2008, 2010 Griparna
Great Britain
2001, 2002 King's Lynn Stars
2003 Ipswich Witches
2005, 2006, 2007 Oxford Cheetahs
2008 Poole Pirates
Poland
2003 Gdańsk
2005-2010 Łódź
Denmark
2008 Grindsted
Individual honours
2002 Swedish U21 champion
Team honours
2008 Elite League Champion
2001, 2002 Elitserien

Freddie Ove Eriksson (born 23 April 1981 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. [1] [2]

Contents

Career summary

Eriksson began his British speedway career in 2001 with King’s Lynn with whom he had two relatively successful seasons scoring over 400 points in 71 appearances. In between he became the Swedish Under-21 Speedway Champion in 2002.

Eriksson riding for Oxford Freddie Eriksson riding for Oxford 2007.jpg
Eriksson riding for Oxford

In 2003, he joined Ipswich on loan late on in the season and made only 14 appearances. Eriksson’s parent club (Oxford) recalled him for the end of the 2005 season but at the start of the 2006 season Eriksson was released after only 13 meetings. [3] Eriksson started the 2007 season back at Oxford [4] but once again he was unable to complete a full season in the UK after Oxford were forced to close down their Elite League team at the end of May due to financial problems. [5] [6]

Eriksson did not expect to ride in the British Elite League in 2008 due to losing a large amount of money when Oxford were forced to shut down. [7] However, after Poole were unable to sign Craig Watson due to an administrative error, they signed Eriksson on loan from the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA) who had ownership of his contract after Oxford closed down. He signed in January 2008 on an average of 3.06 which he obtained in 2006 as Oxford's 2007 results were expunged from the records. [8]

On the 8 April 2008, Poole signed Eriksson on a permanent deal from the BSPA. [9] Eriksson won the Elite League Championship with Poole but was not retained the following season.

He spent six seasons in Poland with Łódź from 2005 to 2010. [10]

World Final appearances

World U-21 Championship

Speedway Grand Prix results

2002 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 24)
Race no.Grand PrixPos.Pts.HeatsDraw No
5 /10 Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish SGP 20th3-24
 permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
 rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Poole Pirates</span> English motorcycle speedway team

Poole Pirates are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coventry Bees</span> English motorcycle speedway team

Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon near Coventry, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jason Crump</span> Australian speedway rider

Jason Philip Crump is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, and a World Cup winner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bjarne Pedersen</span> Danish speedway rider

Bjarne Aagaard Pedersen is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who represented Denmark in the Speedway World Cup, winning it on two occasions: in 2006 and 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Garry Stead</span>

Garry Stead is a former international motorcycle speedway rider.

Craig Watson is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. Watson was the winner of the 1996 NSW State Championship. He is also a triple Australian Longtrack champion, having won the championship in 1997, 1998 and 2002.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neil Middleditch</span> British motorcycle speedway rider

Neil Middleditch is a former motorcycle speedway rider, who rode for England and was the team manager of Great Britain. He earned seven international caps for the England national speedway team and was the team manager of the Great Britain national speedway team from 2001 to 2008, a position he resumed from 2011 until 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ricky Kling</span> Swedish speedway rider (born 1987)

Ricky Anders Kling is a Swedish speedway rider. He has won the Swedish Championships as part of Vargarna twice.

The 2007 Elite League speedway season was the 73rd season of the top division of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

The 2004 Elite League speedway season was the 70th season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). Poole Pirates completed the double for the second year running. They were the first team to achieve this since Oxford Cheetahs in 1986.

The 2003 Elite League speedway season was the 69th season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

The 2002 Elite League speedway season was the 68th season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and in 2002 was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It was the first time that playoffs were introduced to determine the champions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Davey Watt</span> Australian motorcycle racer

David John Watt is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. He won the Queensland state championship in 2005 and was a member of the Australian team that finished second to Poland in the 2011 World Cup Final.

The 2008 Elite League speedway season was the 74th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 12th since its establishment as the Elite League. The first fixtures of the season took place on 29 March and the season ended on 27 October. The Coventry Bees were the defending champions from 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Skórnicki</span> Polish motorcycle speedway rider (born 1976)

Adam Skórnicki is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.

Kyle Patrick Legault is a Canadian former motorcycle speedway rider.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piotr Pawlicki Jr.</span> Polish speedway rider (born 1994)

Piotr Pawlicki is a Polish speedway rider.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kacper Gomólski</span> Polish speedway rider (born 1993)

Kacper Gomólski is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider.

Paul Simon Starke is a motorcycle speedway rider from England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kyle Newman (speedway rider)</span> English speedway rider

Kyle Newman is an English motorcycle speedway rider.

References

  1. ↑ "Eriksson Fact File". WorldSpeedway.com. 8 January 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  2. ↑ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN   0-9552376-1-0
  3. ↑ "Eriksson Rider Profile". Official Poole Speedway Website. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-03-24. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Andersson & Eriksson return". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Oxford Closure - Full Statement". British Speedway Promoters' Association. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  6. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Freddie couldn't resist Pirates". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  8. ↑ "Freddie is Ford's seventh star". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  9. ↑ "Eriksson's Pirates move permanent". BSPA. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  10. ↑ "Freddie Ove Eriksson". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.