Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson (born 3 September 1980 in
Stockholm,
Sweden) is an international
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
rider. He was a member of the
Sweden speedway team
Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000. The current captain is 2000 World Under-21 Champion Andreas Jonsson.
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that won the
World Cup
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in
2003
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,
2004
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Events January
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and
2015
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.
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Career summary
Jonsson won Under-21 titles at
World, Scandinavian and Swedish levels
[
] and won the $100,000 first prize on offer at the
100th Speedway Grand Prix, billed as the 'Richest Minute in Motorsport'.
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Andreas Jonsson has also won the
Swedish Championship on seven occasions, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016.
In late-August 2019, he announced his retirement from motorcycle speedway.
Speedway Grand Prix results
See also
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Sweden national speedway team
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List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
This is a complete list of riders who have entered a FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995.
''After 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 September 2015)''
Index
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* Leigh Adams
* Zoltán Adorján
* Sebastian Aldén
* Stefano Alfonso ...
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Speedway in Sweden
References
External links
Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jonsson, Andreas Karl Rune
1980 births
Living people
Swedish speedway riders
Speedway World Cup champions
Polonia Bydgoszcz riders
Coventry Bees riders
Lakeside Hammers riders
Expatriate speedway riders in Poland
Swedish expatriates in Poland