Gunnar Malmqvist

Gunnar Malmqvist

Born	(1940-12-25) 25 December 1940 (age 84) 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]

Speedway career

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]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1968 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 10th – 7pts

References

1. "Gunnar Malmqvist profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
3. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. Ivarsson, Roger (12 February 2016). "Speedwayveteran var på besök". Vetlanda-Posten (in Swedish). p. 3.
5. "Prague dates" . Halifax Evening Courier. 18 March 1967. Retrieved 7 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
7. "Exeter Falcons Riders - M". Cyber Motorcycles. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
8. "England riders for Exeter" . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 9 June 1967. Retrieved 7 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.