Thomas H. Jonasson

Thomas Jonasson

Jonasson in Gorzów
Born	(1988-11-27) 27 November 1988 (age 36) Vetlanda, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Swedish Elitserien
2005–2018, 2025	Vetlanda/Njudungarna
2019–2020	Rospiggarna
2021–2022	Piraterna
2024–2025	Dackarna
Great Britain
2008–2009	Edinburgh Monarchs
2010	Swindon Robins
2011, 2013, 2019	Poole Pirates
2012	Peterborough Panthers
2017	King's Lynn Stars
2019	Berwick Bandits
Poland
2006–2009	Gorzów
2010–2014	Gdańsk
2015	Leszno
2016	Częstochowa
2017, 2021	Daugavpils
2018–2019, 2022	Piła
Denmark
2014	Munkebo
Individual honours
2014	Swedish Champion
2009	Swedish U21 champion
Team honours
2008	Premier League
2011, 2013	Elite League winner
2011, 2013	Premier Trophy
2014, 2015	Elitserien League Champion

Thomas Hjelm Jonasson (born 27 November 1988) is a Swedish international motorcycle speedway rider. ^[1] He earned 3 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. ^[2]

Career

His introduction to British speedway in 2008 went well after he won the Premier League and the Premier Trophy with the Edinburgh Monarchs. ^[3] In 2009, Jonasson continued to race for Elit Vetlanda Speedway in Sweden, Gorzów in Poland and Edinburgh.

In 2010, he rode for Swindon Robins, ^[4] with short stints at Poole Pirates in 2011 and Peterborough Panthers in 2012. In May 2013, he re-signed for Poole Pirates; ^{[5] [6]}

In 2014, he became the champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship. In 2017, he signed for King's Lynn Stars.

He returned to British speedway again for the 2019 season but only raced a handful of times of Berwick Bandits in the SGB Championship 2019 and Poole in the SGB Premiership 2019. ^[1] In 2024, he joined Dackarna in the Elitserien. ^[7]

Honours

• Individual U-21 World Championship:
  • 2007 - 6th place (10 points)
  • 2008 - 8th place in Qualifying Round 4 (8 points)
  • 2009 - Goričan - 11th place (6 pts)
• Team U-21 World Championship:
  • 2006 - Silver medal (8 points)
  • 2007 - 3rd place in Qualifying Round 1 (3 points)
  • 2009 - Gorzów Wlkp. - 3rd place (11 pts)
• Individual U-19 European Championship:
  • 2007 - 5th place (10+1 points)
• Individual Swedish Championship:
  • 2006 - 10th place
  • 2007 - 17th place
  • 2008 - Bronze medal
  • 2009 - Bronze medal
  • 2010 - 4th place
  • 2011 - 5th place
  • 2012 - Bronze medal
  • 2013 - 5th place
  • 2014 - Gold medal
  • 2015 - 12th place
• Individual Junior Swedish Championship:
  • 2005 - 12th place
  • 2006 - Bronze medal
  • 2007 - 11th place
  • 2009 - Gold medal

Starts in Grand Prix:

• • GP Scandinavia - 2010 (IX) - 8 points (1,2,2,d,3)
  • GP Challenge Vojens - 2010 (VI) - 9 points (2,2,1,1,3)
  • GP Scandinavia (Målilla) - 2011 (VII) - 9 points (W,1,3,3,2,0) - came to semifinal

See also

• Sweden national speedway team

References

1. "2019 Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
3. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
4. "Swindon Robins have Thomas H Jonasson back after ban". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
5. "Elite League Speedway: Poole Pirates sign Thomas H Jonasson and Andrei Lebedev". Sky Sports . Retrieved 19 January 2023.
6. "SIGNINGS GALORE – ROUND-UP - British Speedway Official Website". www.speedwaygb.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
7. "Jonasson on the Dakarna's great victory: Had to cost a new frame". Vimmerby Tidning. Retrieved 19 September 2024.