Antti Pajari Explained

Antti Pajari
Nationality:	Finnish
Birth Place:	Sippola, Finland
Career1:	Great Britain
Years2:	1959
Career2:	Coventry Bees
Indivyear1:	1956, 1957, 1958
Indivhonour1:	Finnish champion
Indivyear2:	1959
Indivhonour2:	European longtrack silver

Antti Pajari (born 27 August 1932) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.^[1]

Career

Pajari came to prominence after winning the Finnish national title at the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship in 1956.^[2] He then won two more to complete three consecutive championships from 1956 to 1958.^[3]

The success drew the attention of the British speedway leagues and Coventry Bees signed him for the 1959 Speedway National League.^{[4] [5]}

He won the silver medal in the 1959 Individual Long Track European Championship.

His career at Coventry ended in September 1959, when he broke his wrist riding in Denmark and he returned to his native Finland.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Antti Pajari . British Speedway . 29 July 2023.
2. Web site: Speedway Individual Finnish Championship . Speedway Sanomat . 29 July 2023.
3. Web site: Individual Finnish Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 29 July 2023.
4. Web site: A_Z of Rider Averages 1929 to 2009 . Speedway Researcher . 29 July 2023.
5. News: Flying Finn . Leicester Evening Mail . 15 April 1959 . 29 July 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
6. News: Bees well beaten in Match at Oxford . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 18 September 1959 . 29 July 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .