Hasse Holmqvist Explained

Hasse Holmqvist
Nationality:Swedish
Birth Date:18 June 1945
Birth Place:Avesta, Sweden
Career1:Sweden
Career2:Folkare
Years2:1962-1963
Career3:Masarna
Years3:1964-1965, 1969-1971
Career4:Taxarna
Years4:1966-1967
Career5:Vargarna
Years5:1968-1969, 1971-1972
Career6:Indianerna
Years6:1973-1981, 1983
Career7:Great Britain
Career8:Wolverhampton Wolves
Years8:1967-1968
Career9:Oxford Cheetahs
Years9:1970, 1973, 1975
Indivyear1:1968, 1969
Indivhonour1:Speedway World Championship finalist
Teamyear1:1973
Teamhonour1:Allsvenskan Div 2 West Champion

Hans Ulof Holmqvist (born 18 June 1945) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider.[1] During his career he was known as Hasse Holmqvist. He earned 30 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[2]

Speedway career

Holmqvist 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 and the 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship.[3]

He won the silver medal in 1975 and bronze medal in 1968 at the Swedish Championship.[4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1967 until 1975.[5] He rode for Wolverhampton Wolves from 1967[6] to 1968 and Oxford Cheetahs in 1970, 1973 and 1975.[7] [8]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hasse Holmqvist 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. Web site: Sweden National Championship. Edinburgh Speedway Archive. 4 July 2021.
  5. Web site: History Archive. British Speedway. 4 July 2021.
  6. News: Wolves hopes of having Guasco in action Down Under . Wolverhampton Express and Star . 27 February 1967 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 7 September 2024.
  7. News: Injury hit Diamonds take on the Wolves . Buckinghamshire Examiner . 25 July 1975 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 26 August 2024.
  8. News: Flying Sweden and skipper came to the rescue . Wolverhampton Express and Star . 12 April 1967 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 7 September 2024.