Pierre Brannefors

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Pierre Brannefors
Born(1962-12-30)30 December 1962
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died21 August 2019(2019-08-21) (aged 56)
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1980-1985 Kaparna
1986-1987 Indianerna
Great Britain
1981 King's Lynn Stars
1983, 1984 Reading Racers
Individual honours
1980 Swedish U21 champion
Team honours
1983 World Pairs finalist
1984 Elitserien Champion
1980 Allsvenskan Div 2 (South) Champion
1982 Allsvenskan Div 1 (South) Champion

Pierre Bertil Brannefors (1962-2019) was a Swedish international speedway rider. [1] He earned 14 international caps for the Sweden national speedway team. [2]

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Speedway career

Brannefors reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship in the 1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship. [3] [4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1981 with the King's Lynn Stars [5] to 1984, riding for Reading Racers. [6] [7] He was also the 1980 Swedish Junior Champion. [1]

He starred with the brothers Björn Andersson and Jan Andersson, during Kaparna's league championship title win, during the 1984 Swedish speedway season. [8]

World Final appearances

World Pairs Championship

World Team Cup

Family

His father Bengt Brannefors was also a professional speedway rider. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. "Pierre Brannefors". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. "Teenage Swedish rider joins Stars" . Lynn Advertiser. 17 March 1981. Retrieved 6 September 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Pierre Brannefors". Reading Racers. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  7. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  8. "Former Indians star dead - buried today: "A shock - always colorful and funny"" . Nerikes Allehanda. Retrieved 6 September 2024.