Tero Aarnio

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Tero Aarnio
Born (1984-04-17) 17 April 1984 (age 40)
Kuusankoski, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Career history
Sweden
2002, 2018 -2020 Rospiggarna
2021 Dackarna
2022–2023 Indianerna
2024 Solkatterna
Great Britain
2008–2009 Berwick
2010–2013, 2017
2020-2021		 Scunthorpe
2013 Workington
2014 Glasgow
2015–2016, 2018 Newcastle
2019 Birmingham
Poland
2019 Kraków
2021 Poznań
2022-2023 Tarnów
Denmark
2008 Grinsted
2018 Fjelsted
Individual honours
2020 Finnish national champion
2004, 2005Junior Finnish Champion

Tero Kalevi Aarnio (born 17 April 1984) [1] is a motorcycle speedway rider from Finland. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Career

Aarnio was a member of Finland team at 2007 Speedway World Cup. This led to his signing for Berwick Bandits for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He then joined Scunthorpe Scorpions in 2010 and 2011 and Workington Comets in 2012 and 2013 [2] He then spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons with Glasgow and Newcastle respectively, the 2016 season with Scunthorpe and returned to Newcastle in 2018. [6] In 2019 he rode for Birmingham.

After medalling six times at the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship he finally won the national title, when winning the 2020 Finnish Individual Speedway Championship to become champion of Finland. [7]

In 2021 and 2022, he rode for Scunthorpe again, in the SGB Championship 2021 and the SGB Championship 2022. [8] In 2022, he also rode for Tarnów in the Polish Speedway Second League. [9] In 2023, he was part of the Finland team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland. [10]

Career details

World Championships

European Championships

Domestic competitions

See also

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References

  1. ↑ www.lubusports.pl [ dead link ]. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Tero Aarnio". WWOS backup. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tero Kalevi Aarnio Finlandia". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Workington Comets re-sign popular rider Tero Aarnio". Times and Star. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Individual Finnish Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland PGE Ekstraliga". Speedway Star. 10 September 2022. p. 42.
  10. ↑ "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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