Born | 12 July 1976 47) Säffle, Sweden | (age
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Nationality | Swedish |
Career history | |
Sweden | |
1997 | Indianerna |
1998–2001 | Masarna |
2002–2004 | Valsarna |
Great Britain | |
1999–2003 | Workington Comets |
Individual honours | |
1997 | Swedish U21 Champion |
Team honours | |
2001 | Premier League Pairs winner |
Peter Ingvar Karlsson (born 12 July 1976) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. [1] [2] [3]
Karlsson came to prominence when he won the 1997 Swedish Junior Speedway Championship, during the 1997 Swedish speedway season. [4]
He started his British leagues career during the 1999 Premier League speedway season, where he rode for Workington Comets. [5] The following season he improved his average to 8.69. [3]
In 2001, he recorded a 9.03 average during the 2001 Premier League speedway season and partnered Carl Stonehewer, when the pair won the Premier League Pairs Championship for Workington at Derwent Park on 14 July. [6] After a full season in 2002 he rode just a couple of times for Workington in his final season in Britain, which was 2003. [3]
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