Gunnar Malmqvist Explained

Gunnar Malmqvist
Nationality:Swedish
Birth Date:25 December 1940
Birth Place:Sweden
Career1:Sweden
Career2:Njudungarna
Years2:1961–1970, 1972–1976
Career3:Great Britain
Career4:Exeter Falcons
Years4:1967
Indivyear1:1968
Indivhonour1:Speedway World Championship finalist
Teamyear1:1976
Teamhonour1:Allsvenskan Champion
Teamyear2:1966, 1975
Teamhonour2:Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion

Gunnar Malmqvist (born 25 December 1940) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider.[1] He earned 13 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[2]

Speedway career

Malmqvist was a leading speedway rider in the late 1960s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3] He won the Swedish Speedway Championship for pair racing together with Conny Samuelsson.[4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway during the 1967 British League season, riding for Exeter Falcons.[5] [6] [7] The same year he was selected for the Swedish side for their UK tour.[8]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gunnar Malmqvist profile. wwosbackup. 4 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 7 September 2024.
  3. Web site: World Speedway finals. Speedway Researcher. 4 July 2021.
  4. News: Ivarsson . Roger . Speedwayveteran var på besök . Vetlanda-Posten . 12 February 2016 . 3 . Swedish.
  5. News: Prague dates . Halifax Evening Courier . 18 March 1967 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 7 September 2024.
  6. Web site: History Archive. British Speedway. 4 July 2021.
  7. Web site: Exeter Falcons Riders - M. Cyber Motorcycles. 4 July 2021.
  8. News: England riders for Exeter . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo . 9 June 1967 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 7 September 2024.