Tero Kalevi Aarnio (born 17 April 1984) is a

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rider from Finland.

Career

Aarnio was a member of Finland team at

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. This led to his signing for

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 ...

for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He then joined

Scunthorpe Scorpions The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a motorcycle speedway team in the British SGB Championship. They have raced at various times since 1971, at three different venues. History Origins and 1970s Speedway in Scunthorpe began on 3 May 1971 at the ...

in 2010 and 2011, and

Workington Comets The Workington Comets are a British motorcycle speedway club, based in Workington, Cumbria based at the Northside Speedway track (known as the GT Tyres Arena for sponsorship purposes). The team previously operated from 1970 to 2018 and were ba ...

in 2012 and 2013. For the 2014 and 2015 seasons, he was with Glasgow and Newcastle respectively. Moreover, in the 2016 season with Scunthorpe and returned to Newcastle in 2018. In 2019, he rode for Birmingham. After being awarded six times at the

Finnish Individual Speedway Championship The Finnish Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the Finnish national champion. It was first staged in 1955. The final of the Finnish Championship regularly doubled up as the Finnis ...

, he finally won the national title in the 2020 Finnish Individual Speedway Championship, as the champion of Finland. In 2021 and 2022, he rode for Scunthorpe again, in the

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and the

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. He also rode for

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in the 2022

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. In 2023, he was part of the Finland team that competed at the

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in Poland.

Career details

World Championships

* Team World Championship (

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and

Speedway World Cup The Speedway World Cup is a motorcycle speedway event for national teams held in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cup which ...

) **

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– 3rd place in Qualifying round 1 **

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

– 8th place **

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

– 2nd place in Qualifying round 2 * Team U-21 World Championship **

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

– 4th place in Qualifying Round 3

European Championships

* Individual European Championship **

– 17th place in Semi-Final C **

– 16th place in Semi-Final B * Individual U-19 European Championship **

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– 10th place in Semi-Final A **

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

– 12th place in Semi-Final A * European Pairs Championship **

–

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– 4th place (1 pt)

Domestic competitions

* Individual Finnish Championship ** 2001 – 12th place (4+0 pts) ** 2002 – 7th place (9 pts) ** 2003 – 10th place (6 pts) ** 2004 – 3rd place (15 pts) ** 2005 – 3rd place (44 pts) ** 2006 – 9th place (7 pts) ** 2008 – 5th place (9+1 pts) * Individual Junior Finnish Championship ** 2001 – 9th place (7 pts) ** 2002 – Runner-up (17 pts) ** 2003 – Runner-up (17 pts) ** 2004 – Finnish Champion (25 pts) ** 2005 – Finnish Champion (25 pts)

References