Dennis Löfqvist
{{Short description|Swedish speedway rider}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Dennis Löfqvist
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Visby, Sweden
| britishleague =
| career1 = Sweden
| career2 = Bysarna
| years2 = 1983-1995
| career3 = Great Britain
| career4 = King's Lynn Stars
| years4 = 1989-1992
| indivyear1 = 1990
| indivhonour1 = Speedway World Championship reserve
| indivyear2 =
| indivhonour2 =
| teamyear1 = 1988
| teamhonour1 = Swedish Elitserien Champion
| teamyear2 = 1985
| teamhonour2 = Allsvenskan Div 1 Champion
}}
Dennis Fritz Löfqvist (born 1 January 1967) is a former speedway rider from Sweden.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1651/dennis-lofqvist|title=Dennis Löfqvist profile|website=wwosbackup|access-date=4 July 2021}} He earned 7 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=7 September 2024}}
Speedway career
Löfqvist rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1989{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003808/19890721/776/0082 |title=Davis in transfer |website=Lynn Advertiser |date=21 July 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}} until 1992, riding for King's Lynn Stars.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19911018/048/0048 |title=Speedway |website=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=18 October 1991 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=4 July 2021}}
He stood as reserve for the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship following a successful qualification through the Nordic final and his high placing in the Intercontinental Final.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=World Speedway finals|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=4 July 2021}}
Family
His son Christer Löfqvist was also an international speedway rider.
References
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Category:Swedish speedway riders
Category:King's Lynn Stars riders
Category:Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England
Category:Sportspeople from Gotland County
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