Simon Gustafsson
Encyclopedia
Simon Gustafsson is a Swedish speedway
rider who won the Team U-19 European Champion title
in 2008. He is the son of former Grand Prix
rider Henrik Gustafsson
.
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...
rider who won the Team U-19 European Champion title
2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship
The 2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship was the 1st UEM Team Speedway Junior European Championship season. The Final was place on May 22 2008 in Florian Kapała Stadium in Rawicz, Poland...
in 2008. He is the son of former Grand Prix
Speedway Grand Prix
Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. As of 2008, all of the events take place in Europe.- Event format :...
rider Henrik Gustafsson
Henrik Gustafsson
Henrik Anders Gustafsson is an international Motorcycle speedway rider who won the 1993 World Pairs Championship with Tony Rickardsson and the Speedway World Team Cup with Sweden in 1994 and 2000...
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World Championships
- Individual U-21 World ChampionshipIndividual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe Individual Speedway Junior World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation since 1977...
- 20072007 Individual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipFinal standing:# Emil Saifutdinov # Chris Holder # Paweł Hlib -Calendar:-Herxheim:*Qualifying round 1*April 22, 2007 Herxheim*Referee: Niels M...
- Ostrów Wlkp.Ostrów WielkopolskiOstrów Wielkopolski is a town in central Poland with 72,360 inhabitants , situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; the seat of Ostrów Wielkopolski County.-History:Recently, a small fortified dwelling dating from the 10th century was discovered on the north-east side of...
- 12th place (5 pts) - 20082008 Individual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe 2008 Individual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipEmil Saifutdinov from the Russia speedway team is the defending World champion.-Calendar:- Allocation :- Norden :*Qualifying Round 1*May 18, 2008 Norden*Referee:...
- PardubicePardubicePardubice is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the river Elbe, 65 miles east of Prague. Pardubice has an antique centre square and old town, with many restaurants that stay open until late in the evening. There is an old Tower and a recently renovated Castle...
- 17th place (0 pts in one heat) - 20092009 Individual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe 2009 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship will be the 2009 version of FIM Individual Under-21 World Championship. The Final will take place on October 4, 2009 in Goričan, Croatia. It will be first Final on Balkans. The current World Champion is Emil Sayfutdinov from Russia who won the...
- GoričanGoricanGoričan is a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.Goričan is the only village belonging to the municipality. Its population in the 2001 census was 3,148. Of the entire population, 3,088 people identified themselves as Croats....
- 8th place (7 pts)
- 2007
- Team U-21 World ChampionshipTeam Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe Team Speedway Junior World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries . The first edition of the competition was in 2005. Current World Champions are Russia team, who won in 2011 Final...
(Under 21 Speedway World Cup)- 20072007 Team Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe 2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship is the 3rd FIM Team Speedway Junior World Championship season. The Final took place on September 23rd 2007 in Abensberg, Germany....
- 3rd place in Qualifying Round 1 - 20082008 Team Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe 2008 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the fourth FIM World Team Junior Championship. The final took place on 21 September 2008, in Holsted, Denmark. The championship was won by the Polish junior team who were the defending champions from 2007...
- HolstedHolstedHolsted is a town with a population of 3,145 and a former municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 190 km², and had a total population of 6,965...
- 3rd place (8 pts) - 20092009 Team Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe 2009 Team Speedway Junior World Championship will be the fifth annual FIM Team Under-21 World Championship competition since its introduction in 2005. The final will take place on September 5, 2009 in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland...
- Gorzów Wlkp.Gorzów WielkopolskiGorzów Wielkopolski is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the biggest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 125,149 inhabitants...
- 3rd place (6 pts)
- 2007
European Championships
- Team U-19 European ChampionshipTeam Speedway Junior European ChampionshipThe Team Speedway Junior European Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway event for riders aged 19 and under, held each year organized by the European Motorcycle Union since 2008....
- 20082008 Team Speedway Junior European ChampionshipThe 2008 Team Speedway Junior European Championship was the 1st UEM Team Speedway Junior European Championship season. The Final was place on May 22 2008 in Florian Kapała Stadium in Rawicz, Poland...
- RawiczRawiczRawicz is a town in central Poland with 21,398 inhabitants . It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship ; previously it was in Leszno Voivodeship . It is the capital of Rawicz County.-History:...
- European Champion (9 pts) - 20092009 Team Speedway Junior European ChampionshipThe 2009 Team Speedway Junior European Championship will be the 2nd UEM Team Speedway Junior European Championship season. The Final will be held on August 23, 2009 in Holsted, Denmark...
- HolstedHolstedHolsted is a town with a population of 3,145 and a former municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 190 km², and had a total population of 6,965...
- Runner-up (12 pts)
- 2008
Domestic competitions
- Individual Swedish Championship
- 2007 - 12th place
- Individual Junior Swedish Championship
- 2007 - 4th place
See also
- Sweden national speedway teamSweden national speedway teamSweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000...
(U21Sweden national under-21 speedway teamThe Sweden national under-21 speedway team is the national under-21 motorcycle speedway team of Sweden and is controlled by the SVEMO. The team started in Under-21 World Cup in all editions and won four medals: two silver and two bronze...
, U19Sweden national under-19 speedway teamThe Sweden national under-19 speedway team is the national under-19 speedway team of Russia and is controlled by the SVEMO. The team has won the Team Speedway Junior European Championship once in 2008. Sweden has produced two Individual U-19 European Champion - Antonio Lindbäck and Dennis Andersson...
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