Jonas Davidsson

{{Infobox Speedway rider

| name= Jonas Davidsson

| image = Jonas Davidsson (Oct 2008).jpg

| nationality = Swedish

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|8|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Motala, Sweden

| career1 = Sweden

| years2 = 2002–2003, 2007, 2014

| career2 = Rospiggarna

| years3 = 2008

| career3 = Smederna

| years4 = 2009–2011, 2015–2016, 2018–2020

| career4 = Piraterna

| years5 = 2012

| career5 = Dackarna

| years6 = 2013

| career6 = Lejonen

| years7 = 2017

| career7 = Vetlanda

| career8 = Great Britain

| years9 = 2003, 2007

| career9 = Reading Racers

| years10 = 2004

| career10 = Oxford Cheetahs

| years11 = 2005

| career11 = Swindon Robins

| years12 = 2006

| career12 = Poole Pirates

| years13 = 2008–2012

| career13 = Lakeside Hammers

| career14 = Poland

| years15 = 2006, 2011–2013

| career15 = Zielona Góra

| years16 = 2007–2009

| career16 = Bydgoszcz

| years17 = 2010

| career17 = Częstochowa

| years18 = 2014–2017

| career18 = Gniezno

| years19 = 2019

| career19 = Krosno

| indivyear1 = 2005

| indivhonour1 = Swedish U21 champion

| teamyear1 = 2008

| teamhonour1 = Speedway World Cup bronze

| teamyear2 = 2009

| teamhonour2 = Elite League KO Cup

}}

Jan Jonas Daniel Davidsson (born 7 August 1984 in Motala, Sweden) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/jonas-davidsson/ |title=Davidsson, Jonas |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=19 February 2023}} He earned 14 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}}

Career

Davidsson came to prominence after reaching three World Under 21 finals in 2003, 2004 and 2005.{{cite web|url=http://speedwayu21.com/en/inside_u21_history.html|title=U21 history|website=speedwayu21|access-date=15 July 2021}} He also won the Swedish Junior Speedway Championship in 2005.

He signed for his first British team Reading Racers{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Rider_Index_2008.pdf |title=2008 Rider index |website=British Speedway |access-date=19 February 2023}} for the 2003 Premier League speedway season and his first Polish team Zielona Góra in 2006. In 2006 he rode for Poole Pirates before re-joining Reading.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2005/12/05/speedway_jonas_davidsson_profile.shtml |title=Meet Jonas Davidsson |website=BBC |access-date=7 September 2024 }}

In 2008, Davidsson experienced arguably his fineest career achievement when he won a bronze medal representing Sweden at the 2008 Speedway World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc08.htm|title=2008 WORLD CUP|website=International Speedway|access-date=15 July 2021}} It was also in 2008 that he joined the Lakeside Hammers in the Elite League.{{cite web |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/other-sport/speedway-jonas-joins-lakeside-4256104 |title=Jonas joins Lakeside |website=Berkshire Live |access-date=7 September 2024 }} He would go on spend five seasons with the club and win the Elite League Knockout Cup in 2009.

He continued to ride in Poland after his British career came to an end and last raced in 2019 for Krosno.