Not to be confused with the neonazi and convicted murderer Tony Olsson, born 1972.

John Tony Olsson (born 13 March 1965, Visby

Visby

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, Sweden

Sweden

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) is a former international motorcycle speedway

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. He was a member of the Sweden speedway team when they finished third in the 1988

1988 Speedway World Team Cup

-Group D - Venue : Wiener Neustadt, Austria:Austria to Group C.-Group C - Venue : Szeged, Hungary and Lonigo, Italy:Hungary to Group B.-Group B - Venue : Landshut, Germany:Germany to Group A....

 and 1989

1989 Speedway World Team Cup

-Group D - Venue : Shumen, Bulgaria and Sandes, Holland:Norway to Group C.-Group C - Venue : Lonigo, Italy and Wiener Neustadt, Austria:Italy to Group B.-Group B - Venue : Nyiregyhaza, Hungary and Rzeszów, Poland:Australia to Group A....

 World Team Cup

Speedway World Team Cup

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 finals. He also represented his country at Test level.

Career

He twice finished runner-up in the Swedish Under-21 Championship. In 1988, he won the Swedish Pairs Championship with former World Champion

Speedway World Championship

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 Per Jonsson

Per Jonsson

Per Jonsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1990, and finished runner-up in 1992.In 1985, his second season with the Reading Racers, the team won six major trophies...

. In 1991 he won it again with Dennis Löfqvist.

Olsson rode in the UK

United Kingdom

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 for the Reading Racers

Reading Racers

Reading Racers were a British motorcycle speedway team. Formed in 1968, they won four British League titles during their history...

 from 1986, where he became the team captain and then onto the Swindon Robins

Swindon Robins

The Swindon Speedway team, also known as the Swindon Robins, are an English Motorcycle Speedway team established in 1949 that competes in the Elite League....

 for a year in 1991 after he was forced out of Reading's line-up due to average

Calculated Match Average

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 restrictions after winning the British League Championship in 1990. He returned in 1993 after a loan spell Belle Vue

Belle Vue Aces

The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway team from Manchester in the north west of England.-Brief history:Racing first took place in 1928 at the Belle Vue greyhound stadium in Kirkmanshulme Lane before moving the following year to a specially built stadium nearby on Hyde Road. The club raced there...

 

In 1994, whilst on loan again to the Swindon Robins

Swindon Robins

The Swindon Speedway team, also known as the Swindon Robins, are an English Motorcycle Speedway team established in 1949 that competes in the Elite League....

, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship

Speedway Premier League Pairs Championship

The Premier League Pairs Championship is a contest between the top two riders from each club competing in the Speedway Premier League in the UK. The meetings comprise ten teams of two riders drawn into two qualifying groups.-Gate positions:...

 with partner Steve Langdon.

He returned to the Racers in 1995 and in his final season in 1996 he was voted 'Rider of the Year' by the Reading fans.

World Final Appearances

• 1989
  1989 Individual Speedway World Championship
  The 1989 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*September 2, 1989 Munich, Olympic Stadium*Referee: Henry van den Boomen* Troy Butler replaced the injured Jan O. Pedersen-Classification:...
  
   -   Munich
  Munich
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  , Olympic Stadium
  Olympic Stadium (Munich)
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  - 8th - 8pts