Daniel Karl Nermark (born 30 July 1977, in

Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitan ...

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) is a former international

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rider from Sweden. He earned 5 caps for the

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Career summary

Nermark first rode in the UK in 2001 when he signed for the

Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They were champions of the United Kingdom five times and raced at Monmore Green Stadium from 1928 to 2023. History 1928–1930 Speedway (known ...

. In his second season Wolves won the Elite League. In 2005 he dropped down to the

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with the

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. He joined the

King's Lynn Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" was adopted from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 199 ...

in 2006 and was part of their treble winning side. He was retained in 2007 and finished third in the Premier League

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s behind

Chris Holder Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider, who was the 2012 World Speedway Champion. He is also five times Australian champion (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014. Career Hold ...

and Magnus Zetterstrom, and was voted Premier League Rider of the Year by his fellow professionals. In 2008, he won the

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partnering

Kauko Nieminen Kauko Tapio Nieminen (born 29 August 1979, in Seinäjoki) is a Finnish former speedway rider who earned 18 caps for the Finland national speedway team. Career summary Nieminen started his United Kingdom career with the Workington Comets in ...

for

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, during the

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. In December 2008, it was announced he had signed for the

on a full transfer from the Wolverhampton Wolves. Despite being offered a team place, Nermark decided not to return to Workington in 2009. In 2012, he became the Swedish national champion after winning the

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. He last rode in his native Sweden for

Västervik Västervik is a city status in Sweden, city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 36,747 inhabitants in 2021. Västervik is one of three coastal towns with a notable population size in the province of Småland. Cl ...

from 2013 to 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nermark, Daniel 1977 births Living people Swedish speedway riders Edinburgh Monarchs riders Swedish expatriate speedway riders in Scotland Workington Comets riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders King's Lynn Stars riders Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England Ipswich Witches riders Sportspeople from Karlstad Karlstad Speedway riders Valsarna riders Vargarna riders Västervik Speedway riders