Pontus Aspgren

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Pontus Aspgren
Born (1991-03-15) 15 March 1991 (age 33)
Avesta, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
2013–2014 Vargarna
2015–2016 Lejonen
2022–2023 Smederna
Great Britain
2012 Wolverhampton Wolves
2013 Rye House Rockets
2014 Somerset Rebels
2014 Leicester Lions
Poland
2020 Daugavpils
Denmark
2013 Holsted
2016 Munkebo
Team honours
2014 Premier League Fours

Pontus Aspgren (born 15 March 1991) is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. [1]

Speedway career

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway for the Wolverhampton Wolves during the 2012 Elite League speedway season. The same year, he was part of the Swedish team which won the U21 World Championship, where he was the best Swedish driver. [2]

He was part of the Somerset Rebels team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 3 August 2014, at the East of England Arena. [3]

In the Swedish league, he rode for Vargarna, where he was team captain, [4] Lejonen [5] , Örnarna [6] and Smederna, and was one of the key drivers behind Smederna winning the Swedish Championships. [6]

He made his 2017 Speedway European Championship debut in 2017. [7] [8] [9]

In 2022, he helped Smederna win the Swedish Speedway Team Championship during the 2022 campaign [10] despite missing the majority of the season after sustaining a back injury in April. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "VM-brons till Pontus Aspgren". Västerviks Tidningen (in Swedish). 3 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Daagh, Johny (17 October 2016). "Kapten Aspgren lämnar Vargarna". Norrköpings Tidningar (in Swedish).
  5. ↑ Eklöf, Johan (17 October 2016). "Aspgren klar för Örnarna". Skaraborgs Allehanda (in Swedish).
  6. 1 2 "BESKEDET: Svenska toppföraren tillbaka i Örnarna: Grym förstärkning". Mariestads-Tidningen. 2 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "2012 Green Sheets" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Pontus Aspgren". Speedway GP. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Rider Info". Speedway GP. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Speedway from Around the Globe (Sweden)". Speedway Star. 3 September 2022. p. 41.
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