Joel Jansson
Appearance
Nationality | Swedish |
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Career history | |
1949-1950 | Griparna |
1951-1954 | Smederna |
1955-1956 | Indianerna |
1957-1962 | Vargarna |
Individual honours | |
1958 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
1958 | Continental Champion |
Team honours | |
1960, 1961 | Allsvenskan Champion |
Joel Jansson is a former international speedway rider from Sweden.[1]
Speedway career
Jansson reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2]
World Final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1958 –
London, Wembley Stadium – 16th - 0pts
Family
His two sons (Tommy Jansson and Bosse Jansson) were both speedway riders; tragically Tommy was killed in 1976, during the Swedish final.[3]
References
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Tommy Jansson". Retro Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.