Niklas Klingberg
Encyclopedia
Niklas Klingberg is a Swedish
motorcycle speedway
rider who was a member of Sweden team
at Speedway World Cup
s. He was Swedish Champion
in 2002.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
rider who was a member of Sweden team
Sweden national speedway team
Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000...
at Speedway World Cup
Speedway World Cup
The Speedway World Cup is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was in 2001 and it replaced the old World Team Cup competition.-Format:...
s. He was Swedish Champion
Speedway Swedish Individual Championship
- Previous winners :...
in 2002.
World Championships
- Individual World Championship and Speedway Grand PrixSpeedway Grand PrixSpeedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. As of 2008, all of the events take place in Europe.- Event format :...
- 20012001 Speedway Grand PrixThe 2001 Speedway Grand Prix season was the seventh season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.- Event format :The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes...
- 10th place (54 pts) - 20022002 Speedway Grand PrixThe 2002 Speedway Grand Prix season is the eighth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion.- Event format :The system first used in 1998 continued to be adopted with 24 riders, divided into two classes...
- 18th place (37 pts)
- 2001
- Team World Championship (Speedway World Team CupSpeedway World Team CupThe Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.-Format:From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders and a reserve...
and Speedway World CupSpeedway World CupThe Speedway World Cup is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was in 2001 and it replaced the old World Team Cup competition.-Format:...
)- 20012001 Speedway World CupThe 2001 Speedway World Cup was the 1st FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 7 July 2008 in Wrocław, Poland. The tournament was won by Australia and they beat host team Poland , Sweden , Denmark and United States in the Final.-Qualification:The two group winners and runners-up...
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Wrocław - 3rd place (10 pts) - 20022002 Speedway World CupThe 2002 Speedway World Cup was the 2nd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on August 10, 2002 in Peterborough, Great Britain...
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- 3rd place (10 pts)
- 2001
- Individual U-21 World ChampionshipIndividual Speedway Junior World ChampionshipThe Individual Speedway Junior World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation since 1977...
- 19911991 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship-World final:*September 30, 1991 Coventry, Brandon stadium...
- CoventryCoventryCoventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
- 7th place (8 pts) - 19921992 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship-World final:*August 23, 1992 Pfaffenhofen...
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- 7th place (9 pts) - 19931993 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship-World final:*August 13, 1993 Pardubice...
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PardubicePardubicePardubice is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the river Elbe, 65 miles east of Prague. Pardubice has an antique centre square and old town, with many restaurants that stay open until late in the evening. There is an old Tower and a recently renovated Castle...
- 11th place (7 pts)
- 1991
European Championships
- Individual European ChampionshipIndividual Speedway European ChampionshipThe Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the European Motorcycle Union since 2001.The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age ....
