Mikael Blixt

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Mikael Blixt
Born (1964-08-08) 8 August 1964 (age 60)
Nyköping, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1980-1987 Vargarna
1988-1989, 1991 Indianerna
Great Britain
1982 Poole Pirates
1991 Peterborough Panthers
1991 Berwick Bandits
Individual honours
1991 Speedway World Championship reserve
1985 Swedish U21 champion
Team honours
1983 Allsvenskan Div 1 (South) Champion
1981 Allsvenskan Div 2 (South) Champion

Mikael Blixt (born 8 August 1964) is a former speedway rider from Sweden. [1] He earned 18 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. [2]

Speedway career

Blixt rode in the top tier of British Speedway [3] during the 1982 British League season, riding for the Poole Pirates. He returned nine years later to compete in the 1991 British League season for the Berwick Bandits and Peterborough Panthers. [4]

He stood as reserve for the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship following a successful qualification through the Nordic final and his high placing in the World semi final. [5]

He won the silver medal in 1989 at the Swedish Championship. [6]

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References

  1. "Mikael Blixt profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. "The future's looking bright says Davies" . Peterborough Herald & Post. 22 March 1991. Retrieved 6 September 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.