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Conny Samuelsson
Born (1947-08-15) 15 August 1947 (age 76)
Rumskulla, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
1964-1999 Njudungarna / Vetlanda
1969 Oxford Cheetahs
Individual honours
1977 Ice Speedway World Championship silver medal
1976 Ice Speedway World Championship bronze medal
Team honours
1986, 1987 Elitserien Champion
1976 Allsvenskan Champion
1966, 1975 Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion

Conny Samuelsson (born 15 August 1947) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. [1] [2]

Speedway career

Samuelsson won the silver medal at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in the 1977 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship. He had won a bronze medal the previous year in the 1976 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship. [3] [4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1969 riding for Oxford Cheetahs. [5] It was the only club outside of the Njudungarna team that he ever rode for. He spent 35 years riding for Njudungarna.

He was capped 9 times by the Sweden national speedway team. [4]

World final appearances

Ice World Championship

References

  1. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Conny Samuelsson". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 July 2021.