Conny Samuelsson
| Born | 15 August 1947 Rumskulla, Sweden |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swedish |
| 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 |
Erik Tage Conny Samuelsson (born 15 August 1947)[1] is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[2][3] He earned 9 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[4]
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.[5]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1969 riding for Oxford Cheetahs.[6][7] It was the only club outside of the Njudungarna team that he ever rode for, although he was allocated to Sheffield Tigers in 1971 but the deal did not materialise.[8] He spent 35 years riding for Njudungarna.
World final appearances
Ice World Championship
- 1969 –
Inzell, 13th – 7pts - 1970 –
Nässjö, 4th – 14pts - 1971 – Inzell, 9th – 16pts
- 1972 – Nässjö, 13th – 5pts
- 1976 –
Assen, 3rd – 26pts - 1977 – Inzell, 2nd – 26pts
- 1978 – Assen, 5th – 19pts
- 1979 – Inzell, 13th – 5pts
References
- ^ "Conny Samuelsson". vastervik Speedway Skepparna. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Conny Samuelsson". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Back to league business". Motherwell Times. 30 May 1969. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Swedish problem settled". Star Green 'un. 27 March 1971. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.