Mathias Thörnblom (born 14 July 1992 in

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

) is a Swedish

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.

Career

Thörnblom made his British leagues debut in 2012 when he rode for

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon, Warwickshire, Brandon near Coventry, England. They are eight times champions of Britain. History Origins and 1920s The firs ...

, although he only rode one match for the club. He reached the final of the 2013 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship. and was a reserve rider at the

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 ...

. He would return to Britain in 2015 when he rode for the

Berwick Bandits The Berwick Bandits are a British speedway club, based in Berwick-upon-Tweed. They currently compete in the SGB Championship, racing at Shielfield Park, with home matches usually taking place on Saturday evenings. They also run a second team ...

during the

2015 Premier League speedway season The 2015 Premier League season was the second division of British Motorcycle speedway, speedway. Summary took place between March and October 2015. The Edinburgh Monarchs were the defending champions after winning the championship in 2014. The ...

. In 2022, he finished fourth at the

2022 European Pairs Speedway Championship The 2022 European Pairs Speedway Championship was the 19th edition of the European Pairs Speedway Championship. the final was held in Slangerup, Denmark on 27 August. The second semi final was held at the Mâcon speedway track in Mâcon in France ...

and rode in the Polish leagues for

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. In 2023, he left

Dackarna Dackarna is a motorcycle speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track since 1993 has been the Skrotfrag Arena which was the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia and is the current venue for ...

and joined

Piraterna Piraterna are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Motala, Sweden The team are two times Swedish Speedway Team Championship, champions of Sweden. and compete in the Elitserien (speedway), Elitserien History 1949 to 1951 Piraterna made ...

in the

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thornblom, Mathias Swedish motorcycle racers 1992 births Living people Berwick Bandits riders Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England Swedish speedway riders Sportspeople from Malmö Indianerna riders Västervik Speedway riders Lejonen riders Piraterna riders