Hasse Holmqvist

Hasse Holmqvist
Born (1945-06-18) 18 June 1945 (age 79)
Avesta, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1962-1963Folkare
1964-1965, 1969-1971Masarna
1966-1967Taxarna
1968-1969, 1971-1972Vargarna
1973-1981, 1983Indianerna
Great Britain
1967-1968Wolverhampton Wolves
1970, 1973, 1975Oxford Cheetahs
Individual honours
1968, 1969Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1973Allsvenskan Div 2 West Champion

Hans Ulof Holmqvist (born 18 June 1945) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider.[1] During his career he was known as Hasse Holmqvist. He earned 30 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[2]

Speedway career

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Holmqvist was a leading speedway rider in the late 1960s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]

He won the silver medal in 1975 and bronze medal in 1968 at the Swedish Championship.[4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1967 until 1975.[5] He rode for Wolverhampton Wolves from 1967[6] to 1968 and Oxford Cheetahs in 1970, 1973 and 1975.[7][8]

World final appearances

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Individual World Championship

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World Pairs Championship

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Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

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References

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  1. ^ "Hasse Holmqvist 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. ^ "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Wolves hopes of having Guasco in action Down Under". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 27 February 1967. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Injury hit Diamonds take on the Wolves". Buckinghamshire Examiner. 25 July 1975. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Flying Sweden and skipper came to the rescue". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 12 April 1967. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.