Victor Palovaara

Victor Palovaara

Born	31 January 1994 (1994-01-31) (age 31) Karlstad, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Sweden
2010–2012, 2014–2016, 2021–2022	Valsarna
2011	Avantia
2012	Örnarna
2012–2014	Dackarna
2013, 2022–2024	Rospiggarna
2015–2016, 2018	Piraterna
2017–2018	Indianerna
2017	Västervik
2019–2021	Vetlanda
2019	Team Rapid
2023–2025	Solkatterna
2025	Vargarna
Great Britain
2014-2015	Glasgow
2016	Newcastle
2018, 2019, 2025	Edinburgh
Poland
2022	Daugavpils
2023	Ostrów
2024	Landshut
Denmark
2014	Grindsted
Team honours
2014	Team Junior World Championships bronze

Victor Palovaara (born 31 January 1994) is a Swedish international speedway rider. ^{[1] [2]}

Speedway career

After winning two medals at the Team Speedway Junior European Championship (a silver in 2010 and bronze in 2011) Palovaara came to prominence in 2014, when he was part of the Swedish team that the bronze medal at the 2014 Team Speedway Junior World Championship. The same year, he joined Glasgow Tigers for the 2014 Premier League speedway season and 2015 Premier League speedway season. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2015 he finished 9th in the 2015 Speedway Under-21 World Championship and won a third medal (silver) at the European teams. ^[3] He left Glasgow to join Newcastle Diamonds for the 2016 Premier League speedway season. ^[5] He did not ride in Britain during 2017 but came back as part of the Edinburgh Monarchs team for the SGB Championship 2018 & SGB Championship 2019 campaigns. ^[6]

In his native Sweden, he rode for Vetlanda in 2019 and 2020 and Rospiggarna in 2022. Also in 2022, he finished 4th at the 2022 European Pairs Speedway Championship and helped Valsarna win the Allsvenskan during the 2022 Swedish Speedway season. ^[7]

Palovaara returned to Edinburgh Monarchs for the SGB Championship 2025. ^[8]

References

1. "Victor Palovaara profile". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
2. "Victor Palovaara". FIM. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
3. "Victor Palovaara teams and results". WWOS backup. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
4. "Glasgow Tigers trump card Victor Palovaara wants Swede success...but won't eat haggis!". Daily Record. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
5. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
6. "Edinburgh Monarchs draft in Palovaara to ease injury crisis". Edinburgh News. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
7. "Allsvenskan tables and final". Every Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
8. "Swedish prospect Jonatan Grahn will make his debut in British speedway when he joins Stellar Monarchs for the 2025 season". The Edinburgh Reporter. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.