Stig Henry Johansson (born 26 July 1945 in Forsa, Hälsingland, Sweden) is a Swedish trotting trainer and former driver. He started his career as a professional trainer in 1969, and has during a large part of the career been a dominating force in Swedish trotting.[1] He is, arguably, the greatest in Swedish trotting history.[2] Internationally, he is regarded as one of the sport's greats.[3] Among the horses he has trained are top trotters Victory Tilly, Queen L., Peace Corps, Napoletano, Digger Crown, The Onion and Utah Bulwark.[4] Together with these and other horses, Johansson has won numerous major races, including Elitloppet (six times), Gran Premio della Lotteria (four times), Nat Ray Trot (once) and Prix d'Amérique (once).[5]

In December 2005, Johansson announced his decision to quit driving races, but to continue train trotters. The same evening, he drove his last race.[1] He won 6,222 races during 42 years as a driver.[5]

Johansson has won more than 7,000 races as a trainer, second most in Swedish trotting history behind Olle Goop.[6][7] In December 2008, Johansson passed SEK700 million (~US$87.1 million[8]) won as a trainer.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Stig H Johansson lägger av". svt.se (in Swedish). 2005-12-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  2. ^ Persson, Lennart (2005-12-28). "Vemod är ordet..." travnet.se (in Swedish). Travnet. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  3. ^ Pettersson, Erik (2008-07-12). "Stig H Johansson invald i Hall of Fame". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  4. ^ Pettersson, Lars-Ove. "Drömmen att vinna Elitloppet kan man drömma flera gånger". travinorr.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-03-07.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ a b "Stig H. Johanssons makalösa karriär" (PDF). travsidan.nu (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  6. ^ Nilsson, Lars (2008-07-16). "Olle Elfstrand i exklusiv skara". vf.nu (in Swedish). Värmlands Folkblad. Retrieved 2009-03-08.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ According to the article, printed in July 2008, Johansson had 6,979 victories to his name by then. As of 2009-03-08, he has won 30 races as a trainer in 2009, which takes his total number of wins above 7,000. See [1]
  8. ^ In the conversion from SEK to USD, the rates of 2008-12-17, the date of the event, have been used
  9. ^ "700 miljoner inkört!". www.stigh.se (in Swedish). 2008-12-19. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
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