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| Born | 9 March 1948 Hedemora, Sweden |
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| Nationality | Swedish |
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| 1995, 2002 | Ice Speedway World Champion |
Per-Olof "Posa" Serenius (born 9 March 1948) in Hedemora, Sweden, is a Swedish former ice speedway rider. [1] He is notable for winning two World Individual Championship gold medals in ice speedway. [2]
Serenius was a fireman by profession. [2] Already an experienced motorcyclist, he began to compete in ice speedway racing in 1976 after witnessing a World Championship ice speedway competition in Berlin. [2] His career racing record includes two World Individual Championship gold medals, three World Team gold medals, 32 World finals, 22 national championships and eight Nordic Championships. [2] [3] He participated in the documentary film Icy Riders from 2008. [1] In 2016, Serenius was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycle racing achievements. [2]
Assen, 13th
Inzell, 8th
Kalinin, 15th Assen, 13th Inzell, 2nd Eindhoven, 9th Moscow, 10th Assen, 10th
Stockholm, 7th Berlin, 11th Eindhoven, 8th Almaty, 6th Göteborg, 4th Assen, 2nd Frankfurt, 5th
Saransk, 6th Assen, 6th Assen, 11thOve Fundin is a Swedish former professional motorcycle speedway rider. He competed in the Speedway World Championships from 1951 to 1970. Fundin is notable for winning the Speedway World Championship Final five times, a record bettered only by Ivan Mauger and fellow Swede Tony Rickardsson who each won six World Championships. He finished runner-up in the championship 3 times (1957–59) and was third in 1962, 1964 and 1965 meaning that from his first win in 1956 until his last in 1967, Fundin did not finish lower than a podium place in a record eleven World Finals. He was known by the nickname of the "Flying Fox" or just "the Fox" because of his red hair. In 2013, Fundin was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.
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