Helge Langli | |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Birth Place: | Porsgrunn, Norway |
Career1: | Norway |
Career2: | NMK Grenland |
Years2: | 1975–1976 |
Career3: | Great Britain |
Career4: | Newcastle Diamonds |
Years4: | 1969 |
Career5: | Oxford Rebels |
Years5: | 1975 |
Indivyear1: | 1975 |
Indivhonour1: | Norwegian Championship silver medal |
Indivyear2: | 1976 |
Indivhonour2: | Norwegian Championship bronze medal |
Helge Trygue Langli (born 22 November 1944) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Norway.[1] He earned 4 caps for the Norway national speedway team.[2]
Langli made his British leagues debut in 1969, when he joined the Newcastle Diamonds for the 1976 British League season.[3] [4]
He did not ride in Britain again until 1975 when he joined the Oxford Rebels for the 1975 British League season as a replacement for Hasse Holmqvist.[5] His 1975 season at Oxford ended slightly early after he fell down a flight of stairs.[6] His appearance for his county included participating in the 1975 Speedway World Team Cup[7] and he finished runner-up in the Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship the same year.[8]
His younger brother Tormod Langli was also a Norwegian international rider.[2]