Peter Ingvar Karlsson

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Peter Ingvar Karlsson
Born12 July 1976 (1976-07-12) (age 48)
Säffle, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
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]

Career

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] [6] 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. [7] [8] 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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References

  1. Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who, Profile Peter I Karlsson. Peter Oakes, Peterborough. ISBN   0-948882-81-6.
  2. Bamford, Robert (2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook, Profile Peter I Karlsson. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-07524-4250-1.
  3. 1 2 3 "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Peter Ingvar Karlsson" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  4. "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  5. "Wasps set for play-off challenge" . South Wales Echo. 2 October 1999. Retrieved 22 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Peter I Karlsson". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  7. "Five minutes with….speedway icon Carl Stonehewer". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  8. "2001 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 27 May 2023.