Jan Fredrik Tobias (Freddie) Lindgren (born 15 September 1985) is a Swedish

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rider. He has won the silver medal and the bronze medal twice at the

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, in addition to the world team championship in 2015.

Career

Born in

Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

, Sweden. Lindgren's father Tommy Lindgren was a speedway rider before him, and his younger brother

Ludvig Ludvig is a Scandinavia Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Swed ...

also rides. Lindgren first appeared for

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 ...

during the 2003 season as the team struggled with injuries. At the age of just 17, Freddie made his debut for the team and impressed enough to be brought back the following season when again injuries hit the club. In 2005, he moved over to full-time and averaged 7.44 for Wolves in his debut full season and in 2006 he improved to average 8.12. In 2007 as Freddie started to show up more on the World scene, he averaged 8.35 again for Wolves. Also in 2007, he was awarded a permanent wild card place for the 2008

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series. During the 2008 season, Freddie was awarded with the Wolves captaincy role, previously held by fellow Swede Peter Karlsson and as a full-time Grand Prix rider he averaged 8.52 for Wolves. Due to his top 10 finish in the 2008 SGP, Lindgren was awarded a second successive permanent wild card place for the 2009

. In 2010, he finished 11th on 87 points but qualified for the 2011 Series after beating Janusz Kolodiej and Magnus Zetterstrom in a run-off in the GP Challenge Final. Fredrik Lindgren on track

In 2009, Lindgren topped the averages in the UK with a 10.43 average and only dropped 7 points at home all season. Wolverhampton went on to win the Elite League title. 2010 saw him again back at Wolverhampton where his brother Ludvig also gained a place. Again he finished as the highest averaging rider in the Elite League and helped Wolves reach the title playoffs. During the

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, he was part of the Swedish team that won the world team title. He had previously finished runner-up twice (2005 & 2006) and third three times. In 2016, Lindgren won the Elite League with Wolves and also won the

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at the end of the season. Lindgren's 2017 season for Wolves would be his last in the United Kingdom, bringing a 14 year spell to an end. He did however, win the Riders' Championship for the third time in

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. In 2020, he finished third and won the bronze medal in the World Championship for the second time, the

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season saw him collect 117 points including winning the Gorzów Grand Prix. In 2021, he rode for

Västervik Speedway Västervik Speedway are a motorcycle speedway team from Västervik in Sweden. They ride in the Elitserien (speedway), Elitserien and are one time champions of Sweden. The team race at the Ljungheden also known as the Helja Arena. History 1966 ...

but was later diagnosed with

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and was forced to end his season early. Despite the illness he managed to finish in fourth place during the

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. In 2022, Lindgren finished in fourth place again in the 2022

, after securing 103 points during the

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. In May 2023, Lindgren won the

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as part of the

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and then secured his third

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title in June. Later in 2023, he went on to claim his best career finish in a World Championship after winning the silver medal. In 2024, Lindgren returned to racing in Great Britain for the first time since 2017, when signing for the

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in the

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. He also won his fourth

title and won his 7th career Grand Prix, when winning the Gorzów Grand Prix. Also in 2024, he helped Sweden secure a bronze medal at the

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in Manchester. Continuing the success he secured the bronze medal in the 2024 World Championship before helping Lublin win the Ekstraliga during the

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Major results

World individual Championship

2004 Speedway Grand Prix The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix was the 59th edition of the official World Championship and the tenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. After finishing second in 2001, 2002 and 2003, Jason Crum ...

- 31st *

2006 Speedway Grand Prix The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix was the 61st edition of the official World Championship and the 12th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. Event format The format remained the same as 2005 with 16 ...

- 20th *

2007 Speedway Grand Prix The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix was the 62nd edition of the official World Championship and the 13th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Championship, Speedway World Champion. It was the first under the promotion ...

- 16th *

2008 Speedway Grand Prix The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix was the 63rd edition of the official World Championship and the 14th season in the Speedway Grand Prix used to determine the Individual Speedway World Championship, Speedway World Champion. It was the second under the ...

- 10th *

2009 Speedway Grand Prix The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix was the 64th edition of the official World Championship and the 15th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Speedway World Championship. It is the third series unde ...

- 9th *

2010 Speedway Grand Prix The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix was the 65th edition of the official World Championship and the 16th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the tenth se ...

- 11th *

2011 Speedway Grand Prix The 2011 Speedway Grand Prix was the 66th edition of the official World Championship and the 17th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the eleventh series under the promotion of Benfield Sport ...

- 9th *

2012 Speedway Grand Prix The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 67th edition of the official World Championship and the 18th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the twelfth series under the promotion of Benfield ...

- 8th *

2013 Speedway Grand Prix The 2013 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 68th edition of the official World Championship and the 19th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the thirteenth series under the promotion of Be ...

- 11th *

2014 Speedway Grand Prix The 2014 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 69th edition of the official World Championship and the 20th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding the FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the fourteenth series under the promotion of Be ...

- 10th *

2016 Speedway Grand Prix The 2016 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 22nd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 71st FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the sixteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. Tai W ...

- 11th *

2017 Speedway Grand Prix The 2017 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 23rd season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 72nd FIM Speedway World Championship. It was seventeenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The wo ...

- 8th *

2018 Speedway Grand Prix The 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 24th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 73rd FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the eighteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The ...

- 3rd *

2019 Speedway Grand Prix The 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 25th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 74th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the nineteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. T ...

- 4th *

- 3rd *

- 4th *

- 2nd *

2024 Speedway Grand Prix The 2024 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 30th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 79th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the third series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. A new sprint race was introduced at sele ...

- 3rd

Grand Prix wins

*1: 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden *2: 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Warsaw) *3: 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic *4: 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia *5:

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(Gorzów) *6: 2023 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Warsaw) *7: 2024 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland (Gorzów)

World team Championships

* 2005 Speedway World Cup - runner up *

2006 Speedway World Cup The 2006 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 6th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 22 July 2006 in the Smallmead Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, England. The tournament was won by Denmark (45 pts) and they beat Sweden (37 pts ...

- runner up *

2007 Speedway World Cup The 2007 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 21 July 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland (55 pts) and they beat defending cha ...

- 5th *

2008 Speedway World Cup The 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup (SWC) is the 8th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2008 in sports, 2008 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by host team D ...

- 3rd *

2009 Speedway World Cup The 2009 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the ninth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup season. The final took place on 19 July 2009 in sports, 2009 in Leszno, Poland. The defending World Champions were Denmark na ...

- 3rd *

2010 Speedway World Cup The 2010 FIM PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the tenth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international Motorcycle speedway, speedway world championship tournament. It was o ...

- 3rd *

2011 Speedway World Cup The 2011 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the eleventh FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 9 July and 16 July 2011 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seede ...

- 3rd *

2012 Speedway World Cup The 2012 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the twelfth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international Motorcycle speedway, speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 7 July and 14 ...

- 4th *

- Winner *

2016 Speedway World Cup The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the sixteenth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international Motorcycle speedway, speedway world championship tournament. It took place betw ...

- 3rd *

2017 Speedway World Cup The 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the seventeenth Speedway World Cup, the annual international motorcycle speedway world championship tournament organised by the FIM. The next edition would not be held until six years lat ...

- runner up *

2018 Speedway of Nations The 2018 Speedway of Nations was the first FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition consisted of two race-off events and a two-legged final. The event was won by Russia, who beat Great Britain in the Grand Final. It replaced the Speedway World Cup ...

- 6th *

2019 Speedway of Nations The 2019 Speedway of Nations was the second FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition consisted of two race-off events and a two-legged final. The event was won by Russia for the second consecutive year. They beat Poland in the Grand Final with Au ...

- 5th *

2020 Speedway of Nations The 2020 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the third FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition was scheduled to consist of a two-legged final but was reduced to a single leg because of heavy rain on the opening day. The Speedwa ...

- 4th *

2022 Speedway of Nations The 2022 Speedway of Nations was the fifth FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. Great Britain were the defending champions having won the 2021 competition. Both the semi-finals and final were hel ...

- runner up *

2023 Speedway World Cup The 2023 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 18th Speedway World Cup, an international motorcycle speedway world championship tournament organised by the FIM. The 2023 edition was the first since 2017 and took place between 25 July and 29 Jul ...

- 5th *

- 3rd

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindgren, Fredrik 1985 births Living people Swedish speedway riders Birmingham Brummies riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England Sportspeople from Örebro Speedway World Cup champions World Games bronze medalists for Sweden Medalists at the 2017 World Games Masarna riders Dackarna riders Valsarna riders Indianerna riders Smederna riders Västervik Speedway riders

Career

Major results

World individual Championship

Grand Prix wins

World team Championships

See also

References