Gunnar Malmqvist
{{Short description|Swedish speedway rider}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Gunnar Malmqvist
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|12|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sweden
| career1 = Sweden
| career2 = Njudungarna
| years2 = 1961–1970, 1972–1976
| career3 = Great Britain
| career4 = Exeter Falcons
| years4 = 1967
| indivyear1 = 1968
| indivhonour1 = Speedway World Championship finalist
| indivyear2 =
| indivhonour2 =
| teamyear1 = 1976
| teamhonour1 = Allsvenskan Champion
| teamyear2 = 1966, 1975
| teamhonour2 = Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion
}}
Gunnar Malmqvist (born 25 December 1940) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1869/gunnar-malmqvist|title=Gunnar Malmqvist profile|website=wwosbackup|access-date=4 July 2021}} He earned 13 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
Malmqvist was a leading speedway rider in the late 1960s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=World Speedway finals|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=4 July 2021}} He won the Swedish Speedway Championship for pair racing together with Conny Samuelsson.{{cite news |last1=Ivarsson |first1=Roger |title=Speedwayveteran var på besök |work=Vetlanda-Posten |date=12 February 2016 |page=3 |language=Swedish}}
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway during the 1967 British League season, riding for Exeter Falcons.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005231/19670318/147/0008 |title=Prague dates |website=Halifax Evening Courier |date=18 March 1967 |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}}{{cite web |url=https://cybermotorcycle.com/archives/exeter-speedway/riders-m.htm|title=Exeter Falcons Riders - M|website=Cyber Motorcycles|access-date=4 July 2021}} The same year he was selected for the Swedish side for their UK tour.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19670609/262/0015 |title=England riders for Exeter |website=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo |date=9 June 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}}
World final appearances
= Individual World Championship =
- 1968 – {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi – 10th – 7pts
References
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Category:Swedish speedway riders
Category:Exeter Falcons riders
Category:Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England
Category:Vetlanda Speedway riders
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