Erik Stenlund (born 26 May 1962) is a Swedish former speedway rider.[1][2] He earned 25 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[3]
Speedway career
Stenlund is a two times world champion at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship (1984He toured the UK with Rospiggarna in 1992.[4] & 1988) and a former champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1985.[5]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway for three seasons,[6] for Poole Pirates in 1983,Hackney Hawks Swindon Robins in 1988 (after missing their 1987 season)[7] and for Reading Racers in 1996.
World final appearances
World Longtrack Championship
- 1989
Mariánské Lázně 4th 28pts - 1990
Herxheim 7th 21pt - 1991 Mariánské Lázně 14th 4pts
- 1993 Mühldorf 17th 2pts
Ice World Championship
- 1981
Assen 11th 9pts - 1982 Inzell 15th
- 1983 Eindhoven 3rd 24pts
- 1984
Moscowchampion 29pts - 1985 Assen 4th 25pts
- 1986
Stockholm 3rd 25pts - 1988 Eindhoven champion 29pts
References
- ^ "Erik Stenlund profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 530. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "A home debut for Falcons Swedish star". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 28 March 1992. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Robins go for Dane". Western Daily Press. 27 May 1987. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.