Einar Kyllingstad (born 17 July 1965) is a Norwegian former speedway rider.

Speedway career

Kyllingstad hailed from . Growing up on a farm, he began riding a moped as a child, and competitive speedway at the age of 17. He attended a vocational course in mechanics, and while still living in Norway, he was a farmhand for his brother-in-law. Kyllingstad is a two times champion of Norway, winning the Norwegian Championship in 1984 and 1985. He earned 16 caps for the

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. In 1985, he signed for

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. He had visited several clubs in late 1984 to gauge various contract offers. In British speedway, Kyllingstad would earn "an annual salary far exceeding that of a regular industrial labourer in Norway". Kyllingstad then rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1985 until 1988, riding for the

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and

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. In 1989 he settled in

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, Sweden. He was disillusioned with the speedway milieu in England, which he described as "too harsh", claiming that his manager tried to pressure him to continue racing after Kyllingstad crashed and sustained a concussion. As a "coincidence" he came in contact with the speedway club

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and raced for them for several years. By 1997, he still earned a normal fulltime salary from speedway, combined with working in a paper factory during offseason. Riding for Norway in the World Championships, Kyllingstad (together with

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) became the first Norwegian rider to reach the final series of the World Pairs Championship, in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyllingstad, Einar 1965 births Living people People from Klepp Sportspeople from Rogaland Norwegian speedway riders King's Lynn Stars riders Oxford Cheetahs riders Reading Racers riders Sheffield Tigers riders Norwegian expatriate speedway riders in England Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden