Leif Enecrona (5 March 1940 – 11 April 2003) is a former 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 clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider who reached the finals of the

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three times. He earned 16 caps for the

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Career

He rode for Gamarna from 1961 to 1966, winning the Allsvenskan Division 2 in 1965 and then for

Getingarna Getingarna was a motorcycle speedway club from Stockholm in Sweden. They hold the record for Swedish Championships with 14 league titles to their name. History The club's first name was Motorsällskapet and they competed in the very first Swe ...

from 1967 to 1978 winning the

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four times. Enecrona had a brief spell in the United Kingdom, riding for the

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during the

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, where he averaged 7.68. He won the Swedish Championship in 1968.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

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 ...

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- 7th - 8pts *

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 ...

- London,

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- Reserve - did not ride *

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 ...

- Göteborg, Ullevi - 12th - 4pts

World Team Cup

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(with

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 ...

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/ Leif Larsson) - 3rd - 22pts (4) *

- Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with

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 ...

Bernt Persson Bernt Eveart Persson (24 June 1946 - 20 September 2020) was a Swedish international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 102 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Career Persson started his career in the Swedish Speedway Team Championshi ...

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 ...

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 ...

) - 4th - 18pts (3)

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

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/Moscow - 15th - 7pts *

- Ufa/Moscow/

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- Reserve - 1pt

References

1940 births 2003 deaths Swedish speedway riders Motorcycle racers from Stockholm Getingarna riders {{Sweden-speedway-bio-stub