Helge Langli

Helge Langli

Born	22 November 1944 (1944-11-22) (age 80) Porsgrunn, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Career history
Norway
1975–1976	NMK Grenland
Great Britain
1969	Newcastle Diamonds
1975	Oxford Rebels
Individual honours
1975	Norwegian Championship silver medal
1976	Norwegian Championship bronze medal

Helge Trygue Langli (born 22 November 1944) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Norway. ^[1] He earned 4 caps for the Norway national speedway team. ^[2]

Career

Langli made his British leagues debut in 1969, when he joined the Newcastle Diamonds for the 1969 British League season. ^{[3] [4]}

He did not ride in Britain again until 1975 when he joined the Oxford Rebels for the 1975 British League season as a replacement for Hasse Holmqvist. ^[5] His 1975 season at Oxford ended slightly early after he fell down a flight of stairs. ^[6] His appearances for his country included participating in the 1975 Speedway World Team Cup ^[7] and he finished runner-up in the Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship the same year. ^[8]

Family

His younger brother Tormod Langli was also a Norwegian international rider. ^[2]

References

1. Oakes, Peter (1978). 1978 Speedway Yearbook, Rider Bio Tormod Langli. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN   978-0904584509.
2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
3. "Injury hit Diamonds take on the Wolves" . Morpeth Herald. 11 April 1969. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Helge Langli". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
5. "Injury hit Diamonds take on the Wolves" . Buckinghamshire Examiner. 25 July 1975. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "A week in the life of Michanek" . Reading Evening Post. 4 September 1975. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "1975 Speedway World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
8. "Speedway History Info - Historia Zuzla". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 26 August 2024.