Nationality: | Swedish |
Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Career1: | Sweden |
Years2: | 1961-1966 |
Career2: | Gamarna |
Years3: | 1967-1978 |
Career3: | Getingarna |
Career4: | Great Britain |
Years5: | 1966 |
Career5: | Long Eaton Archers |
Indivyear1: | 1968 |
Indivhonour1: | Swedish Champion |
Teamyear1: | 1967, 1969, 1974, 1978 |
Indivhonour2: | Golden Helmet of Pardubice |
Indivyear2: | 1968 |
Teamhonour1: | Allsvenskan Champion |
Teamyear2: | 1965 |
Teamhonour2: | Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion |
Teamyear3: | 1962 |
Teamhonour3: | Allsvenskan Div 3 Champion |
Leif Enecrona (5 March 1940 – 11 April 2003)[1] is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship three times.[2] [3]
He rode for Gamarna from 1961 to 1966, winning the Allsvenskan Division 2 in 1965 and then for Getingarna from 1967 to 1978 winning the Allsvenskan four times. Enecrona had a brief spell in the United Kingdom, riding for the Long Eaton Archers during the 1966 British League season, where he averaged 7.68.[4]
He won the Swedish Championship in 1968.[5]