Björn Andersson (speedway rider)

{{Infobox Speedway rider

| name = Bjorn Andersson

| image =

| nationality = Swedish

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|3 November 1962}}

| birth_place = Alingsås, Sweden

| death_date =

| death_place =

| career1 = Sweden

| career2 = Kaparna

| years2 = 1979-1985

| career3 = Great Britain

| career4 = Swindon Robins

| years4 = 1981–1984

| indivyear1 = 1983

| indivhonour1 = Swedish Championship bronze medal

| teamyear1 = 1984

| teamhonour1 = Elitserien Champion

| teamyear2 = 1982

| teamhonour2 = Allsvenskan Div 1 (South) Champion

| teamyear3 = 1980

| teamhonour3 = Allsvenskan Div 2 (South) Champion

}}

Bjorn Mikael Andersson (born 3 November 1962) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=Speedway Yearbook 1990, Rider Bio Bjorn Andersson |year=1990 |page= |publisher=Front Page Books |isbn=0-948882-15-8}}{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=British Speedway Who's Who, Bjorn Andersson |year=2004 |page= |publisher=Peter Oakes, Peterborough |isbn=0-948882-81-6}} He earned 10 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=6 September 2024}}

Career

Andersson made his debut in the British leagues in 1981, when he joined the Swindon Robins for the 1981 British League season.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2080/sam-nikolajsen |title=Bjorn Andersson |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=25 April 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19810318/013/0013 |title=Swedish star in Robins super show |website=Western Daily Press |date=18 March 1981 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2024}}

In 1982, he represented Sweden during the 1982 Speedway World Team Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc82.htm |title=1982 World Team Cup |website=International Speeedway |access-date=26 April 2023}} The following year in 1983, he made another World Cup appearance at the 1983 Speedway World Team Cup, in addition to winning the bronze medal at the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmszwecji.php|title=Individual Swedish Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=26 April 2023}}

His final World Cup appearance was at the 1984 Speedway World Team Cup, the same year that he rode in the 1984 Speedway World Pairs Championship.

He stayed at Swindon for four seasons until his last season in Britain which was 1984.

He starred with his brother Jan Andersson and Pierre Brannefors during Kaparna's league championship title win, during the 1984 Swedish speedway season.{{cite web |url=https://www.na.se/artikel/forre-indian-stjarnan-dod-begravs-i-dag-en-chock-alltid-fargstark-och-rolig |title=Former Indians star dead - buried today: "A shock - always colorful and funny" |website=Nerikes Allehanda |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2024 }}

References

Category:Living people

Category:1962 births

Category:Swedish speedway riders

Category:People from Alingsås Municipality

Category:Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County