Hasse Holmqvist

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Hasse Holmqvist
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Born (1945-06-18) 18 June 1945 (age 78)
Avesta, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1962-1963 Folkare
1964-1965, 1969-1971 Masarna
1966-1967 Taxarna
1968-1969, 1971-1972 Vargarna
1973-1981, 1983 Indianerna
Great Britain
1967-1968 Wolverhampton Wolves
1970, 1973, 1975 Oxford Cheetahs
Individual honours
1968, 1969 Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1973 Allsvenskan Div 2 West Champion

Hans Ulof Holmqvist (born 18 June 1945) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. [1] During his career he was known as Hasse Holmqvist. [2]

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Speedway career

Holmqvist 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 and the 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship. [3]

He won the silver medal in 1975 and bronze medal in 1968 at the Swedish Championship. [4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1967 until 1975, riding for Wolverhampton Wolves and Oxford Cheetahs. [5]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

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References

  1. ↑ "Hasse Holmqvist profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.


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