Stig Henry Johansson (born 26 July 1945 in
Forsa,
Hälsingland
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,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
) is a Swedish
trot
The trot is a two-beat diagonal horse gait where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time with a moment of suspension between each beat. It has a wide variation in possible speeds, but averages about . A very slow trot is som ...
ting trainer and former driver. He started his career as a professional trainer in 1969, and has during a large part of the career been a dominating force in Swedish trotting.
He is, arguably, the greatest in Swedish trotting history.
Internationally, he is regarded as one of the sport's greats.
Among the horses he has trained are top trotters
Victory Tilly
Victory Tilly (5 March 1995 – 7 April 2024) was a Swedish racing Standardbred horse, trotter by Quick Pay out of Icora Tilly by Fakir du Vivier.
His most prestigious victories include the Swedish Trotting Derby (Swedish: ''Svenskt Travderby'' ...
,
Queen L.,
Peace Corps
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,
Napoletano,
Digger Crown,
The Onion
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and
Utah Bulwark.
Together with these and other horses, Johansson has won numerous major races, including
Elitloppet
Elitloppet (literally: "The Elite Race") or Solvallas Internationella Elitlopp is an annual, invitational Group One harness event that has taken place at Solvalla Racetrack in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1952. The competition is regarded as one of ...
(six times),
Gran Premio della Lotteria (four times),
Nat Ray Trot (once) and
Prix d'Amérique
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(once).
In December 2005, Johansson announced his decision to quit driving races, but to continue train trotters. The same evening, he drove his last race.
He won 6,222 races during 42 years as a driver.
Johansson has won more than 7,000 races as a trainer, second most in Swedish trotting history behind
Olle Goop
Per Olov "Olle" Goop (13 August 1943 – 20 April 2022) was a Swedish trotting driver and trainer who specialised in harness racing.
Goop died on 20 April 2022, at the age of 78.
He was for a long time the most victorious driver from Sweden of a ...
. In December 2008, Johansson passed SEK700 million (~US$87.1 million
[In the conversion from SEK to USD, the rates of 2008-12-17, the date of the event, have been used]) won as a trainer.
References
External links
www.stigh.se - official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Stig H.
1945 births
Living people
People from Hudiksvall Municipality
Swedish harness racers
Sportspeople from Gävleborg County