Jacob Thorssell
{{Short description|Swedish speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image =
| name = Jacob Thorssell
| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|07|24}}
| birth_place = Åtvidaberg, Sweden
| website = [https://thorssellracing.wordpress.com/ Official website]
| career1 = Sweden
| years2 = 2013–2014
| career2 = Vetlanda
| years3 = 2016–2018
| career3 = Rospiggarna
| years4 = 2019–2022
| career4 = Dackarna
| years5 = 2023–2025
| career5 = Västervik
| career6 = Denmark
| years7 = 2012
| career7 = Fjelsted
| years8 = 2022, 2024–2025
| career8 = Holsted
| career9 = Great Britain
| years10 = 2012–2019
| career10 = Wolverhampton
| career11 = Poland
| years12 = 2014
| career12 = Tarnów
| years13 = 2015
| career13 = Gniezo
| years14 = 2016
| career14 = Częstochowa
| years15 = 2017–2018
| career15 = Zielona Góra
| years16 = 2019–2020
| career16 = Gdańsk
| years17 = 2021–2022
| career17 = Opole
| years18 = 2023–2025
| career18 = Rzeszów
| SGP No =
| SGP starts =2
| SGP podium =0 (0-0-0)
| SGP finals =0
| SGP win =0
| indivyear1 = 2019, 2020
| indivhonour1 = Swedish Champion
| indivyear2 = 2016
| indivhonour2 = Wolverhampton Olympique
}}
Jacob Thorssell (born 24 July 1993) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He is a two times Swedish national champion.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/miscellaneous/thorssell-rides-for-masters/ |title=Thorssell rides for Masters |website=British Speedway |date=23 January 2023 |access-date=27 January 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/riderindex19_t |title=2018 Rider Index |website=British Speedway |access-date=27 January 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/jacob-thorssell/ |title=Jacob Thorssell |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=8 March 2023}}
Career
Thorssell joined Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League for the 2012 season, as a replacement for Pontus Aspgren who had picked up an injury.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=28 December 2023}} After impressing at Wolves, Thorssell was announced in the permanent line-up for the 2013 season.{{cite news|url=http://www1.skysports.com/speedway/news/14472/8308488/jacob-thorssell-has-been-confirmed-as-the-second-member-of-wolves-2013-line-up|title=Jacob Thorssell has been confirmed as the second member of Wolves' 2013 line up|publisher=Sky Sports|date=4 December 2012|accessdate=30 March 2015}}
After continuing to impress in 2013 and also in 2014 Thorssell made the step up to being one of Wolverhampton's three heat leaders for the 2015 season, and was the first rider to be announced in their team.{{cite news|url=http://www1.skysports.com/speedway/news/12268/9570906/elite-league-wolverhampton-sign-swede-jacob-thorssell|title=Elite League: Wolverhampton sign Swede Jacob Thorssell|publisher=Sky Sports|date=20 November 2014|accessdate=30 March 2015}}In 2016 he won the Wolverhampton Olympique{{cite web |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/sport/other-sport/2016/10/12/jacob-thorssell-claims-speedway-olympique-individual-championship/ |title=Jacob Thorssell claims speedway Olympique Individual Championship |website=Shropshire Star |access-date=8 September 2024 }} but in 2017, he broke a bone in his lower back riding for the Wolves.{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/speedway/2017/09/26/jacob-thorssell-wolves-speedway-rider-suffers-broken-back-in-monmore-crash/ |title=Jacob Thorssell: Wolves speedway rider suffers broken back in Monmore crash |website=Express and Star |access-date=8 September 2024 }}
He remained at Wolves for eight seasons until the end of the 2019 season. From 2021 to 2022 he rode for Opole in the Polish leagues and since 2019 has ridden for Dackarna in his home country. Thorssell was Swedish national champion after winning the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in both 2019 and 2020.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmszwecji.php|title=Individual Swedish Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=28 July 2021}}
In 2023, he was part of the Swedish team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.{{cite web |url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/swc |title=WELCOME TO SWC |website=FIM |access-date=26 July 2023}} In 2024, he helped Sweden secure a bronze medal at the 2024 Speedway of Nations in Manchester.{{cite web |url=https://www.fimspeedway.com/news/great-britain-wins-fim-speedway-of-nations-world-title-in-manchester-thriller |title=Great Britain wins FIM Speedway of Nations World Title in Manchester Thriller |website=FIM Speedway |access-date=14 July 2024}} Thorssell ended his 2024 season by just missing out on qualification for the 2025 Speedway Grand Prix by finishing fifth in the 2025 GP Challenge.{{cite web |url=https://gorzowwielkopolski.naszemiasto.pl/i-oto-do-grand-prix-wraca-anders-thomsen-caly-na-bialo/ar/c2-9809115 |title=I oto do Grand Prix wraca Anders Thomsen. Cały na biało |website=Gorzów Wielkopolski Nasze Miasto |access-date=5 October 2024 }}
Major results
= World individual Championship =
- 2023 Speedway Grand Prix - 19th
- 2024 Speedway of Nations - 3rd