Göte Nordin (2 July 1935 – 21 November 2023) was a former

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 clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider from Sweden. He earned 45 caps for the

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Speedway career

Nordin is a two times champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1965 and 1971. He reached the final of the

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on four occasions (1961, 1962, 1963 and 1966) finishing third in the

1961 Individual Speedway World Championship The 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 16th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. The final was held outside of Wembley and England for the first time when on the 15 September Ove Fu ...

. He helped

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win the

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in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967. He won the Swedish League title on eight occasions with three clubs. Nordin won the 1971 Swedish final after

Anders Michanek Anders Michanek (born 30 May 1943) is a Swedish Speedway rider. In 1974 he won the Speedway World Championship in his Swedish homeland with a maximum score of 15 points. He earned 101 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Career Michane ...

refused to pariticpate in a re-run for the title and was disqualified. Both riders finished on 14 points and in the race off Michanek beat Nordin after the latter pulled out of the race, claiming that he saw a red light to stop the race. The match referee ordered a re-run but Michanek refused to take part claiming there was no red light. The incident resulted in violence between rival supporters and was headline news in Sweden. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1966 until 1972, riding for various clubs and despite problems with restrictions of overseas riders in the league. He rode for

Belle Vue Aces The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier League championship 14 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership, racing at The National Speedway Stadium, wit ...

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Wimbledon Dons The Wimbledon Dons were a professional motorcycle speedway team who operated from the Wimbledon Stadium, Plough Lane in London from 1929 until 1991. The team were seven times champions of Britain. History Origins The speedway track opened ...

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and

Halifax Dukes The Halifax Dukes were a speedway team which operated from 1949–1951 and again from 1965 until their closure in 1985 at The Shay Stadium in Halifax. The team were nicknamed the "Dukes" after the local Duke of Wellington's Regiment, whos ...

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

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Malmö Stadion Malmö Stadion, often known simply as Stadion before the construction of the new Stadion, Malmö, Stadion between 2007 and 2009, is a multi-purpose stadium in Malmö, Sweden. As of 2015, it is the home of association football club IFK Malmö, p ...

- 3rd - 12pts + 2pts *

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

- London,

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- 8th - 9pts *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

- London, Wembley Stadium - 5th - 10pts *

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

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Ullevi Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi (, ''New Ullevi''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then has also hosted the World Allround Speed Skating Championships six times; the ...

- Reserve - Did not ride *

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

- Gothenburg, Ullevi - 6th - 9pts *

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

- Gothenburg, Ullevi - Reserve - Did not ride

World Team Cup

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(with

Ove Fundin Ove Fundin (born 23 May 1933) is a Swedish former professional motorcycle speedway rider. He competed in the Speedway World Championships from 1951 to 1970. Fundin is notable for winning the Speedway World Ch ...

Sören Sjösten Sören Willy Ernfrid Sjösten (12 December 1938 – April 1999) was Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 76 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Life and career Sjösten was born on 12 December 1938. He won the world pairs cham ...

Björn Knutson Björn Knutson commonly spelt Knutsson (born 27 April 1938 in Sweden) is a former motorcycle speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1965 and was a four-time winner of the World Team Cup. He gained the nickname 'The Crown Prin ...

Rune Sörmander Rune Bertil Leopold Sörmander (29 November 1929 – 20 December 2020) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He earned 66 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Speedway career Sörmander was one of speedway's leadi ...

) - Winner - 36pts (4) *

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(with Ove Fundin /

Per Olof Söderman Per Olof Söderman (born 29 October 1932) was a speedway rider from Sweden. During his racing career he was also known as Peo Söderman. He earned 44 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Speedway career Söderman reached the final of ...

/ Björn Knutson / Rune Sörmander) - Winner - 37pts (6) *

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(with Ove Fundin / Björn Knutson / Rune Sörmander / Sören Sjösten) - Winner - 34pts (10) *

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

Kempten Kempten (; ) is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by the Romans, who called the town ''Cambodunum''. K ...

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(with Ove Fundin /

Bengt Jansson Bengt Gustaf Jansson (born 9 January 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He earned 107 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Career Jansson was runner up in the 1967 World Final ...

/ Björn Knutson) - 2nd - 33pts (6) *

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(with Ove Fundin / Leif Enecrona / Björn Knutson / Leif Larsson) - 3rd - 22pts (3) *

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

- Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Ove Fundin / Bengt Jansson / Torbjörn Harrysson) - Winner - 32pts (11) *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

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, Olching Speedwaybahn (with

Tommy Jansson Per Tommy Jansson (2 October 1952 – 20 May 1976) was a motorcycle speedway rider. He was one of Sweden's most exciting speedway prospects in the 1970s but was killed in the Swedish Final a World Championship Qualifying Round meeting. He earned ...

/ Christer Lofqvist / Jan Simensen) 4th - 18pts (1)

World Pairs Championship

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Gubbängens IP Gubbängens IP or Gubbängens Idrottsplats (Sports Ground) is a former motorcycle speedway track, located in Enskede in the southern part of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 1950s to 2010, it hosted Getingarna, the most successful club in Swedish ...

(with Ove Fundin) - 2nd - 27pts (12) ''* Unofficial World Championships.''

References

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