Per-Olof Serenius Explained

Per-Olof Serenius
Nationality:	Swedish
Birth Date:	1948 3, df=yes
Birth Place:	Hedemora, Sweden
Indivyear1:	1995, 2002

Per-Olof "Posa" Serenius (born 9 March 1948) in Hedemora, Sweden, is a Swedish former ice speedway rider.^[1] He is notable for winning two World Individual Championship gold medals in ice speedway.^[2] ^[3]

Biography

Serenius was a fireman by profession.^[2] Already an experienced motorcyclist, he began to compete in ice speedway racing in 1976 after witnessing a World Championship ice speedway competition in Berlin.^[2] His career racing record includes two World Individual Championship gold medals, three World Team gold medals, 32 World finals, 22 national championships and eight Nordic Championships.^[2] ^[4] He participated in the documentary film Icy Riders from 2008. In 2016, Serenius was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycle racing achievements.^[2]

World final appearances

Ice World Championship

1978 Assen, 13th
1979 Inzell, 8th
1980 Kalinin, 15th
1981 Assen, 13th
1982 Inzell, 2nd
1983 Eindhoven, 9th
1984 Moscow, 10th
1985 Assen, 10th
1986 Stockholm, 7th
1987 Berlin, 11th
1988 Eindhoven, 8th
1989 Almaty, 6th
1990 Göteborg, 4th
1991 Assen, 2nd
1992 Frankfurt, 5th
1993 Saransk, 6th
1994 10 Rounds GP, 2nd
1995 10 Rounds GP, Champion
1996 10 Rounds GP, 6th
1997 Assen, 6th
1998 10 Rounds GP, 5th
1999 10 Rounds GP, 10th
2000 Assen, 11th
2001 8 Rounds GP, 11th
2002 8 Rounds GP, Champion
2003 6 Rounds GP, 9th
2004 8 Rounds GP, 9th
2005 6 Rounds GP, 11th
2006 4 Rounds GP, 12th
2007 6 Rounds GP, 17th
2008 6 Rounds GP, 10th

Notes and References

Web site: Per-Olof Serenius . Swedish . . 17 May 2010.
Web site: FIM Legends . fim-awards.com . April 23, 2020.
Book: Montague, Trevor. The A-Z of Sport. 2004. 529. Little, Brown. 0-316-72645-1.
Web site: Archived copy . 2010-05-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110227191623/http://www.isracing.net/resultat/090328SMfinalUppsala.htm . 2011-02-27 .