Andreas Jonsson

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Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson (born 3 September 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden)[1] is a Swedish former international motorcycle speedway rider.[2] He was a member of the Sweden speedway team that won the World Cup in 2003, 2004 and 2015.[3] He earned 26 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[4]

Career summary

Jonsson excelled at Under-21 level winning two Swedish U21 Championships in 1998 and 2000,[5] three Scandinavian titles and the 2000 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.[6] He began his career in his native Sweden riding for Rospiggarna in 1996 nut would be a regular rider in the British and Polish leagues. He started in Britain in 1998 for the Coventry Bees[7] and one year later in 1999 in Poland for Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski.

He soon became one of the sports leading riders and first participated in the Speedway Grand Prix (the World Championship) in 2001. He would remain a Grand Prix rider for 16 consecutive years until the end of the 2016 season.

He won the $100,000 first prize on offer at the 100th Speedway Grand Prix, billed as the 'Richest Minute in Motorsport'[8] and won eight Grand Prix events in total. His greatest achievement came in 2011, when he was the World Championship runner-up behind Greg Hancock.

In addition to nearly becoming the World individual champion he did win three World team Championships (Speedway World Cup) with Sweden in 2003, 2004 and 2015. He medalled another ten times.[9]

Andreas Jonsson has also won the Swedish Championship on seven occasions in 2006, 2007, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016.[10]

In late-August 2019, he announced his retirement from motorcycle speedway.[11]

Speedway Grand Prix results

Year Position Points Best Finish Notes
2001 24th 7 11th One ride as a wild card in Sweden
2002 14th 70 4th
2003 10th 76 4th
2004 7th 97 2nd
2005 8th 80 2nd
2006 4th 119 Winner Won home event in Malilla (Sweden)
2007 10th 90 Winner Won events in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Gelsenkirchen (Germany)
2008 7th 100 4th
2009 5th 116 Winner Won event in Vojens (Denmark)
2010 9th 95 Winner Won event in Bydgoszcz (Poland)
2011 2nd 125 Winner Won events in Terenzano (Italy), Torun (Poland) and Gorican (Croatia)
2012 9th 88 2nd
2013 13th 64 7th
2014 6th 103 Winner Won event in Vojens (Denmark)
2015 10th 88 3rd
2016 14th 53 8th
2018 =19th 7 =9th 1 event only
2007 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 4)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 1 /11 ItalyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Italian SGP 10 7 (2,2,2,0,1) 8
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 2 /11 EuropeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". European SGP 14 4 (2,1,1,X,-) 16
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 3 /11 SwedenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Swedish SGP 12 5 (2,1,0,0,2) 3
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 4 /11 DenmarkScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Danish SGP style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"| 1 16 (0,2,1,3,2) +2 +3 15
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 5 /11 United KingdomScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". British SGP 13 5 (2,1,1,X,1) 1
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 6 /11 Czech RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Czech Rep. SGP 10 7 (3,1,3,X,-) 15
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 7 /11 Kalmar UnionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Scandinavian SGP injury → (19) Peter Karlsson 13
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 8 /11 LatviaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Latvian SGP 8 8 (3,2,0,1,2) +0 1
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 9 /11 PolandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Polish SGP 4 11 (1,3,0,3,2) +2 +0 9
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 10 /11 SloveniaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Slovenian SGP 10 6 (1,3,2,0,0) 4
style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" | 11 /11 GermanyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". German SGP style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core"| 1 21 (3,1,3,3,3) +2 +3 9

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See also

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References

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