Timo Lahti

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Timo Lahti
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Born (1992-07-16) 16 July 1992 (age 31)
Kouvola, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Career history
Great Britain
2011-2014 Eastbourne
2017 Poole
Poland
2022 Gdańsk
2024 Tarnów
Sweden
2014-2017, 2020–2023 Rospiggarna
2018-2019 Lejonen
2023 Smederna
2024 Dackarna
2024 Masarna
Denmark
2012 Holstebro
2014, 2016, 2024 Holsted
2015 Munkebo
2021 Nordjysk
2022–2023 Region Varde
Individual honours
2012, 2015, 2016
2017, 2018, 2019
2021
Finnish national champion
2023 Golden Helmet of Pardubice
Team honours
2023 European Pairs bronze

Timo Lahti (born 16 July 1992) is a speedway rider from Finland. [1]

Career

Lahti started his British career riding for the Eastbourne Eagles in 2011. He became the national champion of Finland after winning the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship in 2012. [2] After a total of four seasons at Eastbourne he left after the 2014 season. [1]

He won a further five national championships from 2015 to 2019 consecutively before being deposed by Tero Aarnio. Before the 2017 win he had returned to British speedway by riding in the top tier for the Poole Pirates in the SGB Premiership 2017. [3] [4]

In 2021, he regained his Finnish title which brought his total number of national titles to seven. In 2023, he was part of the Finland team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland. [5] In July 2023, he transferred to Smederna from Rospiggarna and later in October 2023, he paired up with Antti Vuolas to become the European Pairs bronze medal winner. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Timo Lahti". WWOS backup. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. "Individual Finnish Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. "Lahti, Timo". British Speedway. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. "LAHTI JOINS THE PIRATES' PARTY". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  5. "WELCOME TO SWC". FIM. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. "European Pairs Speedway Championship: Team Poland grabs the title at home". FIM Europe. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.