Joel Andersson (speedway rider)

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Joel Andersson
Born10 April 1996 (1996-04-10) (age 27)
Hardemo, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
2015, 2020–2021 Indianerna
2018–2019 Vargarna
2022 Örnarna
2022–2024 Smederna
2024 Solkatterna
Great Britain
2018–2019 Edinburgh
Poland
2016 Opole
2018 Wanda Kraków
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
Starts1
Individual honours
2016 Swedish U21 champion
Team honours
2015 Team Junior European Championship silver

Joel Andersson (born 10 April 1996) is an international speedway rider from Sweden. [1] [2] [3]

Speedway career

Andersson came to prominence at the 2015 Team Speedway Junior European Championship where he won a silver medal and top scored for Sweden. [4]

The following year he won the 2016 Swedish U21 championship, finished fourth in the 2016 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and the 2016 Team Speedway Junior European Championship and reached the 2016 Speedway Under-21 World Championship final. He started his British speedway career in 208 when he signed for the Edinburgh Monarchs for the SGB Championship 2018, he stayed with the Scottish club for the following season in the SGB Championship 2019. [5] [1] [6]

In 2019, he represented Sweden in the final of the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship and in 2021, he made an appearance in the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix

In 2022, he competed in the 2022 European Pairs Speedway Championship for Sweden and also in 2022, he helped Smederna win the Swedish Speedway Team Championship during the 2022 campaign. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2018 Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. "Joel Andersson". Elit Speedway. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. "Joel Andersson". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. "HISTORICAL LIST OF RESULTS 2008-2016". Speedway History. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. "JOEL CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 22 January 2023.