Rune Bertil Leopold Sörmander (1929-2020) was an international speedway rider from Sweden.

Speedway career

Sörmander was one of speedway's leading riders during the 1950s and 1960s, he was a three times champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1955, 1958 and 1959. He reached the final of the

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on seven occasions (1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962) and the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship three times (1959, 1961, 1962). He also helped Sweden win the

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in 1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964 He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for various clubs.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

* 1953 -

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- 11th - 5pts *

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- 5th - 11pts + 1pt * 1958 -

- 13th - 4pts *

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

- 11th - 6pts *

1960 It is also known as the " Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * J ...

- 12th - 5pts *

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

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, Malmö Stadion - 8th - 7pts *

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- 11th - 7pts

World Team Cup

- Gothenburg,

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Björn Knutsson Björn Knutsson (born 1938 in Sweden) is a former 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 Prince' for his speedway success. World Final ...

) - Winner - 44pts (11) *

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(with

Sören Sjösten Sören Willy Ernfrid Sjösten (born 12 December 1938, Krylbo, Sweden, died 1999) was a motorcycle speedway rider. He won the world pairs championship in 1974 with Anders Michanek and became world team champion three times representing Swede ...

/ Ove Fundin /

/ Per Tage Svensson) - 2nd - 30pts (4) *

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Göte Nordin Göte Nordin (born 2 July 1935) is a former speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Nordin is a two times champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1965 and 1971. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on fo ...

/ Ove Fundin) - Winner - 36pts (3) *

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Per Olof Söderman Per Olof Söderman (born 29 October 1932) is a former international speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Söderman reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on four occasions in the 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship ...

/ Ove Fundin) - Winner - 37pts (3) *

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(with

/ Ove Fundin /

) - Winner - 34pts (7)

References

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