Lejonen
Encyclopedia
Lejonen is a speedway
club from Gislaved
in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien
. Their home track is at the Axelent Arena which is Sweden's oldest track still in use.
for 2008.
During the winter of 2007-08 the track underwent major changes to accommodate Elitserien
racing and the club announced the signing of Nicki Pedersen
, the 2007 World Champion
.
Anton Göthberg Chris Holder
Christopher Öberg Daniel Jeleniewski
David Ruud
Jonathan Normén Kim Almquist Maciej Kuciapa
Mario Wegrzyk Mattias Nilsson
Piotr Swiderski
Ricky Kling
Sebastian Ułamek Tomasz Jędrzejak
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
club from Gislaved
Gislaved, Sweden
Gislaved is a locality and the seat of Gislaved Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 10,091 inhabitants in 2005, out of a municipal total of nearly 30,000.- References :...
in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien
Elitserien (speedway)
Elitserien is the highest league in the league system of speedway in Sweden and currently comprises the top 9 Swedish speedway teams. The first season began in 1982...
. Their home track is at the Axelent Arena which is Sweden's oldest track still in use.
History
In December 1929 Gislaved Motorclub was formed and by 1931 the track was built. The track was originally 6 metres (19.7 ft) wide and 400 metres (437.4 yd) long but in 1936 it was widened to 10 metres (32.8 ft) and during the 1980s the inside edge of the track was moved and the length was reduced to 380 metres (1,246.7 ft). In 1963 the Lejonen team began racing in Division Three and became the champions in 1965. Lejonen finished at the top of Division Two (the Allsvenskan) in 2007 and defeated Valsarna in the play-off final to gain promotion to the ElitserienElitserien (speedway)
Elitserien is the highest league in the league system of speedway in Sweden and currently comprises the top 9 Swedish speedway teams. The first season began in 1982...
for 2008.
During the winter of 2007-08 the track underwent major changes to accommodate Elitserien
Elitserien (speedway)
Elitserien is the highest league in the league system of speedway in Sweden and currently comprises the top 9 Swedish speedway teams. The first season began in 1982...
racing and the club announced the signing of Nicki Pedersen
Nicki Pedersen
Nicki Pedersen is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006 and 2008. His brother, Ronni Pedersen, has also ridden in the Speedway Grand Prix and World Cup.-Domestic teams:Pedersen began speedway...
, the 2007 World Champion
Speedway World Championship
The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world. Today, it is organised as a series of Speedway Grand Prix events, where points are awarded according to performance in the event and tallied up at the end of each...
.
2008 Squad
Nicki PedersenNicki Pedersen
Nicki Pedersen is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006 and 2008. His brother, Ronni Pedersen, has also ridden in the Speedway Grand Prix and World Cup.-Domestic teams:Pedersen began speedway...
Anton Göthberg Chris Holder
Chris Holder
Chris Holder is a speedway rider currently riding for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League. He became the Australian Individual Speedway Champion in 2008 and followed up with wins in 2010 and 2011 as well as winning the Australian Under-21 Championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008...
Christopher Öberg Daniel Jeleniewski
Daniel Jeleniewski
Daniel Sebastian Jeleniewski - a Polish speedway rider. He was a member of Poland national team.He gained his speedway licence in May 1999.- Honours :*Individual European Championship:...
David Ruud
David Ruud
David Ruud is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider who was won 2003 Speedway World Cup with Swedish team.- World Championships :* Individual World Championship ** 2002 - 38th place...
Jonathan Normén Kim Almquist Maciej Kuciapa
Maciej Kuciapa
Maciej Kuciapa is a Polish speedway rider.- Honours :* Individual European Championship:** 2007 - in Qualifying Round 3 was replace by Marat Gatiatov* European Club Champions' Cup:...
Mario Wegrzyk Mattias Nilsson
Mattias Nilsson
Mattias Nilsson is a Swedish former biathlete. On September 27, 2011, Nilsson announced his retirement due to a heart condition.- References :...
Piotr Swiderski
Piotr Swiderski
Piotr Świderski is an international speedway rider who rides for the Ipswich Witches in the British British Elite League.- Career history :...
Ricky Kling
Ricky Kling
Ricky Anders Kling is a Swedish speedway rider. He made his British League debut in 2007 with Oxford, but when they closed mid-season, he then joined Lakeside Hammers...
Sebastian Ułamek Tomasz Jędrzejak
Tomasz Jedrzejak
Tomasz Jędrzejak is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Poland national speedway team.- World Championships :* Individual World Championship...