Timo Laine | |
Nationality: | Finnish |
Birth Date: | 1934 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Turku, Finland |
Indivyear1: | 1961 |
Indivhonour1: | European Longtrack Champion |
Indivyear2: | 1961, 1962, 1963 |
Indivhonour2: | Finland National Champion |
Timo Aleksander Laine (born 5 July 1934) is a former international Speedway longtrack and motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.[1] He was the three times champion of Finland.
Laine won the gold medal at the European Longtrack Championship in the 1961 Individual Long Track European Championship.[2] [3] [4] In addition he won the Nordic Longtrack Championship three times (1964, 1965, 1966) and the Finish Longtrack Championship seven times (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1972).[1]
He was also a prominent rider in conventional speedway and won the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship on three occasions in 1961, 1962 and 1963.[5]