Daniel Andersson (speedway rider)
{{Short description|Swedish speedway rider}}
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{{Use British English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Daniel Andersson
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| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|9|27}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
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| career1 = Sweden
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| career3 = Great Britain
| career4 = Oxford Cheetahs
| years4 = 1995
| career5 = Cradley & Stoke Heathens
| years5 = 1996
| career6 = Glasgow Tigers
| years6 =1998
| career7 =Belle Vue Aces
| years7 = 2000
| career8 =Edinburgh Monarchs
| years8 = 2001, 2002
| career9 = Poland
| career10 = Rybnik
| years10 = 1999
| career11 = Gdańsk
| years11 = 2000
| indivyear1 =1995
| indivhonour1 =World Under 21 runner-up
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| teamyear1 = 1996
| teamhonour1 = Speedway World Team Cup finalist
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Daniel Jan Andersson (born 27 September 1974) also known as Dalle Andersson is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/147/daniel-andersson|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=15 July 2021}} He earned one cap 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 was the Swedish Junior Champion during the 1994 Swedish speedway season. The following year in 1995, he finished runner-up in the Individual Speedway Junior World Championship. The final of the 1995 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was held at the Ratinan Stadion in Tampere, Finland and saw Andersson tie with Jason Crump with 13 points. In the run-off for the title Andersson fell on the first lap, leaving Crump to complete three laps on his own to be crowned the champion.{{cite news |title=Hamill and Cross are the heroes in Cradley triumph |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=7 August 1995 |access-date=10 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19950807/019/0019 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
Andersson reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1996 Speedway World Team Cup, he stood as reserve behind Stefan Dannö and Niklas Klingberg.{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc96.htm|title=1996 WORLD TEAM CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html|title=World Team Cup 1960-1990|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}} He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1995 to 2002, riding for various clubs.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}}
World final appearances
=World Team Cup=
- 1996 - {{Flagicon|GER}} Hofheim, Hesse (with Stefan Dannö / Niklas Klingberg) - 5th - 14pts
References
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Category:Swedish speedway riders
Category:Oxford Cheetahs riders
Category:Cradley Heathens riders
Category:Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England
Category:Glasgow Tigers riders
Category:Swedish expatriate speedway riders in Scotland
Category:Belle Vue Aces riders
Category:Edinburgh Monarchs riders
Category:Motorcycle racers from Stockholm
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