Timo Lahti (born 16 July 1992) is a speedway rider from Finland. Timo Lahti changed nation in 2024 when he started riding under a Swedish Licence He earned 3 caps for the Finland national speedway team.

Career

Lahti started his British career riding for the

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 ...

in 2011. He became the national champion of Finland after winning the

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in 2012. After a total of four seasons at Eastbourne he left after the 2014 season. He won a further five national championships from 2015 to 2019 consecutively before being deposed by

Tero Aarnio Tero Kalevi Aarnio (born 17 April 1984) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Finland. Career Aarnio was a member of Finland team at 2007 Speedway World Cup. This led to his signing for Berwick Bandits for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He then joi ...

. Before the 2017 win he had returned to British speedway by riding in the top tier for the

Poole Pirates Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Poole Speedway is promoted by l ...

in the

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. In 2021, he regained his Finnish title which brought his total number of national titles to seven. In 2023, he was part of the Finland team that competed at the

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in Poland. In July 2023, he transferred to

Smederna Smederna is a motorcycle speedway club based in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The club competes in the highest speedway league in Sweden called the Elitserien (speedway), Elitserien and race its home matches at Smedstadion, Eskilstuna motorstadion outsid ...

from

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and later in October 2023, he paired up with Antti Vuolas to become the European Pairs bronze medal winner. Lahti won the prestigious 2023

Golden Helmet of Pardubice The Golden Helmet of Pardubice (Czech: Zlatá přilba) is a motorcycle speedway competition hosted annually in Pardubice, the Czech Republic. It is the oldest motorcycle speedway race in Europe and is considered prestigious. History The race w ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lahti, Timo 1992 births Living people Finnish speedway riders Eastbourne Eagles riders Finnish expatriate speedway riders in England Poole Pirates riders Sportspeople from Kouvola