Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)

Tommy Johansson

Born	(1950-10-21) 21 October 1950 (age 74) Tveta, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Sweden
1967-1970, 1972-1979	Dackarna
1971	Bysarna
1980-1982, 1984	Skepparna
Great Britain
1971	Newport Wasps
1972	Ipswich Witches
1975	Hull Vikings
Individual honours
1973	Swedish Championship
1974	Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1971	Allsvenskan Champion
1972	Allsvenskan Div 2 East Champion
1967, 1968	Allsvenskan Div 3 East Champion

Leif Tommy Johansson (born 21 October 1950) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. ^[1] He earned 32 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. ^[2]

Speedway career

Johansson is a former champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1973. ^{[3] [4]} He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship during the 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship. ^[5]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1971 until 1975, riding for various clubs. ^[6] He rode for Newport Wasps, ^[7] Ipswich Witches and Hull Vikings. ^[8]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1974 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 7th - 8pts

References

1. "Tommy Johansson profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
4. "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
5. "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
6. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
7. "Briggs back for start" . Bristol Evening Post. 20 March 1971. Retrieved 7 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Three new stars for the Racers" . Reading Evening Post. 23 January 1975. Retrieved 7 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.