Kenny Olsson

{{Short description|Swedish speedway rider}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox speedway rider

| name= Kenny Olsson

| image =

| nationality = Swedish

| birth_date = {{birth date text|6 March 1977}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|6|8|1977|3|6|df=y}}

| death_place =

| career1 = Sweden

| years2 = 1994

| career2 = Gamarna

| years3 = 1995-1996

| career3 = Eskilstuna

| years4 = 1997-1998

| career4 = Västervik

| years5 = 1999

| career5 = Bysarna

| years6 = 2000, 2004

| career6 = Smederna

| years7 = 2000

| career7 = Lindarna

| years8 = 2002

| career8 = Torshälla

| years9 = 2003

| career9 = Team Bikab

| years10 = 2005-2006

| career10 = Hammarby Bajen

| years11 = 2007

| career11 = Vargarna

| career12 = Great Britain

| years13 = 2001

| career13 = Trelawny Tigers

| years14 = 2002

| career14 = Glasgow Tigers

| indivyear1 = 2004, 2005

| indivhonour1 = Xtreme International Ice Racing

}}

Börje Kenny Olsson (March 6, 1977 in Stockholm, Sweden – June 8, 2007), was a Swedish speedway racer.{{cite web |url=https://nt.se/sport/speedway/artikel/henderson-han-var-som-en-storebror-och-farsa-till-mig/jddmyx0j |title="He was both a big brother and a father to me" |website=Norrköpings Tidningar|date=15 October 2023 |access-date=8 September 2024 }}

Career

Olsson rode in the United Kingdom for the Trelawny Tigers in 2001 and for the Glasgow Tigers in 2002 in the Premier League. In 2004, he was pursued by Newcastle Diamonds in a deal that did not materialise.{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/speedway-diamonds-late-reshuffle-1609403 |title=Speedway: Diamonds late reshuffle |website=Chronicle Live |date=8 March 2004 |access-date=8 September 2024 }}

He competed regularly in the Xtreme International Ice Racing series (ice speedway) in the United States, winning the series in 2004 and 2005.

On 8 June 2007, he died in a hospital after a crash the day before at the Norrköping Motorstadion, while racing for Vargarna in the Swedish Elite League, had left him with serious head injuries.{{cite news|url=http://www.thelocal.se/7536/20070608|title=Speedway rider dies after crash|publisher=TheLocal.se|date=2007-06-08|accessdate=2008-12-27}}{{cite news|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,1089870,00.html|title=Kenny Olsson är död|newspaper=Aftonbladet|date=2007-06-08|accessdate=2008-12-27}}

See also

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