Born | Vetlanda, Sweden | 27 November 1988
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Nationality | Swedish |
Career history | |
Sweden | |
2006–2017 | Vetlanda |
2020 | Rospiggarna |
2021–2022 | Piraterna |
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, in Vetlanda, Sweden) is an international motorcycle speedway rider, who ridden for the Swedish national speedway team. [1] [2]
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]
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