Sverre Harrfeldt

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Sverre Harrfeldt
Born23 November 1937 (1937-11-23) (age 87)
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Career history
1963-1964 Wimbledon Dons
1965-1968, 1970 West Ham Hammers
1971 Wembley Lions
Individual honours
1965 London Riders' Champion
1962, 1964, 1965, 1966 Norwegian Champion
Team honours
1965 British League Champion
1965 British League KO Cup Winner
1965, 1966, 1967London Cup

Sverre Olav Harrfeldt (born 23 November 1937, Oslo) is a former speedway rider from Norway. [1] He earned 7 caps for the Norway national speedway team. [2]

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Career

Harrfeldt finished second in the 1966 World championships beaten in race 9 by Barry Briggs the eventual champion. [3]

He started his British leagues career riding for Wimbledon Dons during the 1963 Speedway National League season. [4] After two seasons with Wimbledon he joined the West Ham Hammers where he won the league and cup double. He was the leading rider at West Ham for a five year period and recorded two ten plus average seasons. [5] [6]

He later rode for Wembley Lions. [7] [8] In 1972 Wembley sent their entire team out on loan due to extra football fixtures stopping the speedway at Wembley and Harrfeldt moved to Oxford Cheetahs but did not continue racing. [9]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

References

  1. ↑ "Sverre Harrfeldt - Grasstrack GB". grasstrackgb.co.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Richard Bott (1972). The Champions Book of Speedway No. 3. S. Paul. ISBN   978-0-09-112020-7.
  4. ↑ "Norwegian Star" . Coventry Standard. 26 July 1963. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nordin ignored" . Sunday Mirror. 12 April 1970. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "This 78-year old drives a supercar every day". WhichCar. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Stalsberg, STABBES SNAKKBAR med Tom (12 December 2020). "Speedway to heaven". Eidsvoll Ullensaker Blad (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Wembley Lions split" . Hull Daily Mail. 29 February 1972. Retrieved 5 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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