Jimmy Nilsen

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Jimmy Nilsen
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A portrait of Jimmy Nilsen
Born (1966-11-16) 16 November 1966 (age 57)
Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1982-1995 Getingarna/Stockholm United
1996 Rospiggarna
Great Britain
1985–1990, 1992, 1996–1998 Swindon Robins
1991 Berwick Bandits
1993–1994 Bradford Dukes
1995, 2000 Oxford Cheetahs
1999, 2001 Belle Vue Aces
Poland
1991–1992 ZKŻ Zielona Góra
1994, 1996 Polonia Piła
1995 GKM Grudziądz
1997–1999 Start Gniezno
2000 WTS Wrocław
Individual honours
1998World individual championship runner-up
1996 Swedish champion
1996 Intercontinental Champion
1996Nordic Champion
1984 Swedish U21 champion
1990 Jack Young Memorial Cup winner
Team honours
1982, 1983, 1985, 1989 Elitserien Champion
1991 Polish Team Championship
1991Inter-Nations Championship
1993 British League Knockout Cup

Jimmy Oyvind Nilsen (born 16 November 1966) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. [1] He earned 53 international caps for the Sweden national speedway team. [2] [3]

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Career

Nilsen came to prominence in 1984, when he won the Swedish U21 championship and finished second to Per Jonsson at the 1985 European (World) Under-21 Championship final in Abensberg, West Germany. [4] It was in 1985 that he started racing in the British leagues after signing for Swindon Robins for the 1985 British League season. [5]

Nilsen impressed when as a 19-year he finished 4th in the 1986 World Final (his first World Final appearance) at the Silesian Stadium in Katowice, Poland. Nilsen topped the Swindon league averages in 1987 and finished fourth again at the 1987 World Final at the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium in the Netherlands. [6]

In 1988, he won a bronze medal in the 1988 Speedway World Team Cup and reached the final of the 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship final and the following season won a silver medal in the World Pairs with Per Jonsson in the 1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship [7] and a bronze medal at the 1989 Speedway World Team Cup.

Nilsen finised 5th in the 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship in Bradford, England (won by Jonsson). Also In 1990 after appearing in a "Rest of the World" team in a test against Australia at the North Arm Speedway in Adelaide, Nilsen won the inaugural running of the Jack Young Memorial Cup, named in honour of Jack Young. At the end of the 1990 season and despite being named rider of the year, Nilsen left Swindon on loan to ride in the Berwick Bandits team for the 1991 season. [8]

Nilsen finished 5th at the 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship final at Ullevi in Göteborg and won silver medals in the 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship, with Henrik Gustafsson and the 1991 Speedway World Team Cup. The following season in 1992, Nilsen won another silver medal at the 1992 Speedway World Team Cup and finished 7th in the 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland.

Nilsen was Swedish Champion in 1996. [9] Nilsen later qualified for the Speedway Grand Prix in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001, finishing a career best 2nd in 1998 behind countryman Tony Rickardsson.

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

World Team Cup

World Cup

Individual Under-21 World Championship

Speedway Grand Prix results

YearPositionPointsBest FinishNotes
1997 8th713rdThird in British Grand Prix
1998 2nd992ndSecond in German and British Grand Prix
1999 4th732ndSecond in Swedish and Polish Grand Prix
2000 11th425th
2001 21st207th

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References

  1. ↑ International Speedway: Denmark v Sweden, accessed 2010-07-10
  2. ↑ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Jimmy Nilsen". WWOS backup. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Rain is a welcome relief for Racers" . Reading Evening Post. 16 July 1985. Retrieved 9 March 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Nilsen granted work permit" . Western Daily Press. 13 July 1985. Retrieved 7 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Hans roars to world triumph" . Sandwell Evening Mail. 7 September 1987. Retrieved 10 July 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Tatum targets Munich" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 7 August 1989. Retrieved 7 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Nilsen loan move" . Western Daily Press. 18 January 1991. Retrieved 7 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ Speedway.org: 1996, accessed 2010-07-10
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