Thomas H. Jonasson

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Thomas Jonasson
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Jonasson in Gorzów
Born (1988-11-27) 27 November 1988 (age 36)
Vetlanda, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
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]

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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

Starts in Grand Prix:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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.