Daniel Andersson (speedway rider)

Daniel Andersson
Born (1974-09-27) 27 September 1974 (age 50)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
Great Britain
1995Oxford Cheetahs
1996Cradley & Stoke Heathens
1998Glasgow Tigers
2000Belle Vue Aces
2001, 2002Edinburgh Monarchs
Poland
1999Rybnik
2000Gdańsk
Individual honours
1995World Under 21 runner-up
Team honours
1996Speedway World Team Cup finalist

Daniel Jan Andersson (born 27 September 1974) also known as Dalle Andersson is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1] He earned one cap for the Sweden national speedway team.[2]

Career

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Andersson was the Swedish Junior Champion during the 1994 Swedish speedway season.[1] The following year in 1995, he finished runner-up in the Individual Speedway Junior World Championship. The final of the 1995 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was held at the Ratinan Stadion in Tampere, Finland and saw Andersson tie with Jason Crump with 13 points. In the run-off for the title Andersson fell on the first lap, leaving Crump to complete three laps on his own to be crowned the champion.[3]

Andersson reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1996 Speedway World Team Cup, he stood as reserve behind Stefan Dannö and Niklas Klingberg.[4][5] He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1995 to 2002, riding for various clubs.[6]

World final appearances

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World Team Cup

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Hamill and Cross are the heroes in Cradley triumph". Birmingham Daily Post. 7 August 1995. Retrieved 10 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "1996 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  5. ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  6. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.