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