Jon Ødegaard | |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Birth Date: | 1937 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Revagen, Norway |
Death Date: | February 2002 (aged 64) |
Career1: | Swindon Robins |
Years1: | 1969 |
Indivyear1: | 1970 |
Indivhonour1: | European Longtrack Champion |
Jon Ødegaard (1937–2002) was an international speedway rider from Norway.[1] [2] He earned 3 caps for the Norway national speedway team.[3]
Ødegaard won the gold medal at the European Longtrack Championship in the 1970 Individual Long Track European Championship.[4] [5] [6] In addition he won the Nordic Longtrack Championship four times (1969, 1970, 1974, 1975) and the Norwegian Longtrack Championship seven times (1964, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976).[2]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1969, riding for Swindon Robins[7] [8] as a replacement for the injured Mike Broadbank.[9]