Joonas Kylmäkorpi Explained

Nationality:Finnish & Swedish
Birth Date:14 February 1980
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Nickname:the Flying Finn
Career1:Sweden
Years2:2002–2005
Career2:Kaparna
Years3:2006–2008
Career3:Hammarby
Years4:2010
Career4:Västervik
Years5:2011–2013
Career5:Indianerna
Years6:2014–2015
Career6:Dackarna
Years7:2016
Career8:Great Britain
Years9:2001, 2003–2004, 2010–2012
Career9:Eastbourne Eagles
Years10:2006–2009
Career10:Lakeside Hammers
Years11:2015
Career11:Coventry Bees
Years12:2016
Career12:Wolverhampton Wolves
Career13:Poland
Years14:1999, 2006–2007
Career14:Gorzów
Years15:2000
Career15:Częstochowa
Years16:2001, 2008
Career16:Ostrów
Years17:2003
Career17:Leszno
Years18:2005
Career18:Lublin
Years19:2009
Career19:Gdańsk
Years20:2010
Career20:Rybnik
Career21:Denmark
Years22:2000
Career22:Herning
Years23:2005
Career23:Brovst
Years24:2010–2011
Career24:Esbjerg
Years25:2015–2016
Career25:Region Varde
Indivyear1:2010, 2011
2012, 2013
Indivhonour1:Long Track World Champion
Indivyear2:1991
Indivhonour2:Swedish U21 champion
Indivyear3:2010
Indivhonour4:London Riders' Championship
Teamyear1:2009
Teamhonour1:Elite League KO Cup

Joonas Nikolai Kylmäkorpi (born 14 February 1980) is a Finnish former motorcycle speedway rider and is a four times Long Track World Champion.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Nicknamed the Flying Finn, he represented Finland in the Speedway World Cup[4] and won a bronze medal at the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship in 2002.[5]

However, his real success has come on the longtrack where he won four World Championships in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013

Speedway honours

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix years

Best Grand-Prix results

Team championship

European Grasstrack Championship

Finalist2000 Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun 15pts (5th overall).

Personal life

After finishing his sports career in 2017 due to a career-ending injury in December 2016, Joonas Kylmäkorpi began pursuing entrepreneurship. In 2022 Kylmäkorpi co-founded a nicotine pouch manufacturing company with a factory in Poznań, Poland. In 2024, the company introduced their own brand, LUMI, and launched an online shop, TheLumiClub.com. [6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joonas Kylmakorpi . WWOS backup . 10 January 2023.
  2. Web site: 2008 Rider index . British Speedway . 17 March 2023.
  3. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 26 June 2023.
  4. Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who.
  5. Web site: Individual Finnish Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 12 January 2023.
  6. Web site: Lumi Club . The Lumi Club . 12 June 2024.