Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)
{{Short description|Swedish speedway rider}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Tommy Johansson
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Swedish
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|10|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tveta, Sweden
| career1 = Sweden
| career2 = Dackarna
| years2 = 1967-1970, 1972-1979
| career3 = Bysarna
| years3 = 1971
| career4 = Skepparna
| years4 = 1980-1982, 1984
| career5 = Great Britain
| career6 = Newport Wasps
| years6 = 1971
| career7 = Ipswich Witches
| years7 = 1972
| career8 = Hull Vikings
| years8 = 1975
| indivyear1 = 1973
| indivhonour1 = Swedish Championship
| indivyear2 = 1974
| indivhonour2 = Speedway World Championship finalist
| teamyear1 = 1971
| teamhonour1 = Allsvenskan Champion
| teamyear2 = 1972
| teamhonour2 = Allsvenskan Div 2 East Champion
| teamyear3 = 1967, 1968
| teamhonour3 = Allsvenskan Div 3 East Champion
}}
Leif Tommy Johansson (born 21 October 1950) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1503/tommy-johansson|title=Tommy Johansson profile|website=wwosbackup|access-date=2 July 2021}} He earned 32 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
Johansson is a former champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1973.{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=1981 Speedway Yearbook |year=1981 |page=85 |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd |isbn=0-86215-017-5}}{{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 reached the final of the Speedway World Championship during the 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=Ice Speedway|website=Speedway.org|access-date=17 July 2021}}
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1971 until 1975, riding for various clubs.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=2 July 2021}} He rode for Newport Wasps,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004769/19710320/039/0039 |title=Briggs back for start |website=Bristol Evening Post |date=20 March 1971 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}} Ipswich Witches and Hull Vikings.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19750123/482/0020 |title=Three new stars for the Racers |website=Reading Evening Post |date=23 January 1975 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}}
World Final Appearances
= Individual World Championship =
- 1974 - {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gothenburg, Ullevi - 7th - 8pts
References
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Category:Swedish speedway riders
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Category:Expatriate speedway riders in Wales
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