World final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1968 –
Gothenburg, Ullevi – 10th – 7pts
| Born | 25 December 1940 Sweden |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Career history | |
| Sweden | |
| 1961–1970, 1972–1976 | Njudungarna |
| Great Britain | |
| 1967 | Exeter Falcons |
| Individual honours | |
| 1968 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| Team honours | |
| 1976 | Allsvenskan Champion |
| 1966, 1975 | Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion |
Gunnar Malmqvist (born 25 December 1940) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider. [1] He earned 13 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. [2]
Malmqvist was a leading speedway rider in the late 1960s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship. [3] He won the Swedish Speedway Championship for pair racing together with Conny Samuelsson. [4]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway during the 1967 British League season, riding for Exeter Falcons. [5] [6] [7] The same year he was selected for the Swedish side for their UK tour. [8]
Gothenburg, Ullevi – 10th – 7pts
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