Swedish speedway rider
Andreas Jonsson Andreas Jonsson in July 2006
Born (1980-09-03 ) 3 September 1980 (age 41) Sweden Nationality Sweden Website www.ajracing.se British league Lakeside Hammers Polish league Motor Lublin Swedish league Rospiggarna 1996-2004, 2011-2019 Rospiggarna (SWE)1998-1999, 2001-2005 Coventry Bees 1999-2000 Gorzów Wielkopolski (POL)2001 KS Toruń (POL)2002-2003 Częstochowa (POL)2004-2010 Polonia Bydgoszcz (POL)2005-2006 Luxo Stars (SWE)2006-2008, 2015- Lakeside Hammers 2007-2013 Dackarna Målilla (SWE)2011-2015 Falubaz Zielona Góra (POL)2016 ROW Rybnik (POL)2017 Włókniarz Częstochowa (POL)2018- Motor Lublin (POL)
Starts 158 Podiums 18 (9-6-3) Finalist 25 time Winner 9 times 2006, 2007, 2009, Swedish Champion 2000 World Under-21 Champion 1998, 2000 Swedish Under-21 Champion 1997, 1998, 1999 Scandinavian Under-21 Champion Scandinavian Grand Prix Winner 2007 Danish Grand Prix Winner 2007 German Grand Prix Winner 2009 Nordic Grand Prix Winner 2010 Polish Grand Prix Champion 2011 Torun Grand Prix Champion 2011 Croatian Grand Prix Champion 2011 Italian Grand Prix Champion 2007 Golden Helmet of Pardubice (CZE)
2003 , 2004 , 2015 World Cup Winner 1999, 2001 Swedish Pairs Winner , 2001 Polish Ekstraliga Champion 1997, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2016 Swedish Elitserien Champion 2005 European Club Champion
Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson (born 3 September 1980 in Stockholm , Sweden )[1] motorcycle speedway rider.[2] Sweden speedway team that won the World Cup in 2003 , 2004 and 2015 .[3]
Career summary [ ] Jonsson won Under-21 titles at World , Scandinavian and Swedish levels[4] 100th Speedway Grand Prix , billed as the 'Richest Minute in Motorsport'.[5]
Andreas Jonsson has also won the Swedish Championship on seven occasions, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016.
In late-August 2019, he announced his retirement from motorcycle speedway.[6]
Speedway Grand Prix results [ ]
Year
Position
Points
Best Finish
Notes
2001
24th
7
11th
One ride as a wild card in Sweden
2002
14th
70
4th
2003
10th
76
4th
2004
7th
97
2nd
2005
8th
80
2nd
2006
4th
119
Winner
Won home event in Malilla (Sweden)
2007
10th
90
Winner
Won events in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
2008
7th
100
4th
2009
5th
116
Winner
Won event in Vojens (Denmark)
2010
9th
95
Winner
Won event in Bydgoszcz (Poland)
2011
2nd
125
Winner
Won events in Terenzano (Italy), Torun (Poland) and Gorican (Croatia)
2012
9th
88
2nd
2013
13th
64
7th
2014
6th
103
Winner
Won event in Vojens (Denmark)
2015
10th
88
3rd
2007 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
Race no.
Grand Prix
Pos.
Pts.
Heats
Draw No
1 /11
Italian SGP
10
7
(2,2,2,0,1)
8
2 /11
European SGP
14
4
(2,1,1,X,-)
16
3 /11
Swedish SGP
12
5
(2,1,0,0,2)
3
4 /11
Danish SGP
1
16
(0,2,1,3,2) +2 +3
15
5 /11
British SGP
13
5
(2,1,1,X,1)
1
6 /11
Czech Rep. SGP
10
7
(3,1,3,X,-)
15
7 /11
Scandinavian SGP
injury → (19) Peter Karlsson
13
8 /11
Latvian SGP
8
8
(3,2,0,1,2) +0
1
9 /11
Polish SGP
4
11
(1,3,0,3,2) +2 +0
9
10 /11
Slovenian SGP
10
6
(1,3,2,0,0)
4
11 /11
German SGP
1
21
(3,1,3,3,3) +2 +3
9
permanent speedway rider
wild card , track reserve or qualified reserve
rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)
See also [ ] References [ ]
^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac . ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport . Little, Brown. p. 522. ISBN 0-316-72645-1 ^
Bamford, Robert (2007-03-01). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007 . NPI Media Group. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
^
Oakes, P (2005). British Speedway Who's Who . ISBN 0-948882-30-1
^
"Jonsson wins top prize" . SpeedwayWorld.tv. 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-10-26 .[permanent dead link
^ "Andreas Jonsson lägger av" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019 .
External links [ ]
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