Erik Stenlund
{{Short description|Swedish speedway rider}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Erik Stenlund
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|5|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Uppsala, Sweden
| career1 = Sweden
| career2 = Getingarna
| years2 = 1983–1987
| career3 = Stockholm United
| years3 = 1988–1989
| career4 = Rospiggarna
| years4 = 1990–1992
| career5 = Great Britain
| career6 = Poole Pirates
| years6 = 1983
| career7 = Swindon Robins
| years7 = 1988
| career8 = Reading Racers
| years8 = 1996
| career9 =
| years9 =
| indivyear1 = 1985
| indivhonour1 = Swedish Champion
| indivyear2 =
| indivhonour2 =
| teamyear1 = 1983, 1985, 1989
| teamhonour1 = Elitserien Champion
}}
{{MedalTableTop|name=no|sport=Ice speedway|country_code=SWE|medals=
{{Medal|Comp|World championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1983 Eindhoven|Individual}}
{{MedalGold|1984 Moscow|Individual}}
{{MedalBronze|1983 Stockholm|Individual}}
{{MedalGold|1988 Eindhoven|Individual}}
}}
Erik Stenlund (born 26 May 1962) is a Swedish former speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2581/erik-stenlund|title=Erik Stenlund profile|website=wwosbackup|access-date=2 July 2021}}{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=530|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}} He earned 25 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=8 September 2024}}
Speedway career
Stenlund is a two times world champion at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship (1984He toured the UK with Rospiggarna in 1992.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004841/19920328/027/0027 |title=A home debut for Falcons Swedish star |website=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo |date=28 March 1992 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 September 2024}} & 1988) and a former champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1985.{{cite web |url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2015/09/sweden-national-championship.html|title=Sweden National Championship|website=Edinburgh Speedway Archive|access-date=2 July 2021}}
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway for three seasons,{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=2 July 2021}} for Poole Pirates in 1983,Hackney Hawks Swindon Robins in 1988 (after missing their 1987 season){{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19870527/027/0027 |title=Robins go for Dane |website=Western Daily Press |date=27 May 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 August 2024}} and for Reading Racers in 1996.
World final appearances
=World Longtrack Championship=
- 1989 {{flagicon|CZE}} Mariánské Lázně 4th 28pts
- 1990 {{flagicon|GER}} Herxheim 7th 21pt
- 1991 {{flagicon|CZE}} Mariánské Lázně 14th 4pts
- 1993 {{flagicon|GER}} Mühldorf 17th 2pts
=Ice World Championship=
References
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Category:Swedish speedway riders
Category:Reading Racers riders
Category:Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England
Category:Swindon Robins riders
Category:Sportspeople from Uppsala
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