Simon Anders Gustafsson (born 26 May 1990 in

Sköllersta Sköllersta is a locality situated in Hallsberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 1,131 inhabitants in 2010. Sköllersta is located near the tripoint where the municipalities of Hallsberg, Kumla and Örebro meet. It is about south of the ...

, Sweden) is 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.

Career

He won the Team U-19 European Champion title in 2008. He rode in the British leagues for

Eastbourne Eagles The Eastbourne Eagles were a British motorcycle speedway team, based at Arlington Stadium, near Eastbourne, England. They were founded in 1929 and are two times champions of Britain in 1995 and 2000. The team last raced on 31 July 2021. Hist ...

from 2008 to 2013 and then

Swindon Robins The Swindon Robins are a motorcycle speedway team from England, established in 1949 that have competed primarily in the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom. They are five times league champions of the United Kingdo ...

in 2014.

Family

He is the son of former Grand Prix rider

Henrik Gustafsson Henrik Anders (Henka) Gustafsson (born 14 August 1970) is a Swedish former Motorcycle speedway rider. He won the 1993 World Pairs Championship with Tony Rickardsson and the Speedway World Team Cup in 1994 and 2000. He earned 50 caps for the Swed ...

Results

World Championships

* Individual U-21 World Championship **

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- Ostrów Wlkp. - 12th place (5 pts) **

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- 17th place (0 pts in one heat) **

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- 8th place (7 pts) * Team U-21 World Championship (Under 21 Speedway World Cup) ** ''

- 3rd place in Qualifying Round 1'' **

- Holsted - 3rd place (8 pts) **

- Gorzów Wlkp. - 3rd place (6 pts)

European Championships

* Team U-19 European Championship **

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- European Champion (9 pts) **

- Holsted - Runner-up (12 pts)

Domestic competitions

Swedish Individual Speedway Championship The Swedish Individual Championship is a competition for Swedish Speedway riders, held each year to determine the Swedish national champion. History After World War II the first championship was held in 1948, although it was considered unoffi ...

- 12th place *

Swedish Junior Speedway Championship The Individual Speedway Junior Swedish Championship is an annual speedway event held each year since 1958. Swedish riders aged 21 and under take part. Previous winners See also * History of motorcycle speedway in Sweden References { ...

** 2007 - 4th place

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gustafsson, Simon 1990 births Living people People from Hallsberg Municipality Swedish speedway riders Eastbourne Eagles riders Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England Swindon Robins riders Team Speedway Junior European Champions Sportspeople from Örebro County