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Torbjörn Harrysson

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Torbjörn Harrysson
Born(1943-07-14)14 July 1943
Visby, Sweden
Died15 August 2010(2010-08-15) (aged 67)
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1965Taxarna
1966-1969Vargarna
1972Bysarna
Great Britain
1967, 1968Newport Wasps
Individual honours
1966, 1968, 1969Speedway World Championship finalist
1969Nordic Champion
Team honours
1967World Team Cup Winner
1968World Pairs Champion
1972Allsvenskan Champion

Torbjörn Harrysson (1943-2010) was a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider.[1] He earned 26 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[2]

Speedway career

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Harrysson was a leading speedway rider in the 1960s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on three occasions; in the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3][4]

He won the silver medal in 1968 and bronze medal in 1967 at the Swedish Championship.[5]

Harrysson helped Sweden win the World Team Cup in 1967 as well as the Speedway World Pairs Championship in 1968.

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1967 until 1968, riding for Newport Wasps.[6][7]

World Final Appearances

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Individual World Championship

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World Pairs Championship

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* Unofficial World Championships.

World Team Cup

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References

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  1. ^ "Torbjorn Harrysson profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 520. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  5. ^ "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Order change". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 19 April 1967. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.