Alexander Edberg (born 20 January 1991) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

speedway rider.

Career

Born in Eskilstuna, Edberg took up speedway at the age of fifteen.Rider Index - E - Alex Edberg
, speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 14 May 2013 As well as his home country he has raced in leagues in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland and Poland. In Sweden he has had team places for

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...

with whom he won promotion to the

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...

in 2010,

Ikaros Smederna Smederna is a motorcycle speedway club based in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The club competes in the highest speedway league in Sweden called the Elitserien and race its home matches at Smedstadion outside Eskilstuna. Ikaros Smederna was formerly kno ...

, Tigrarna and

Griparna Griparna is a speedway club from Nyköping in Sweden, who compete in the Allsvenskan. Their home track is at the Nyköpings Motorstadion which is located to the North of Nyköping. History Griparna Speedway was founded in 1949. The team compete ...

. His began his British league career with Berwick Bandits in May 2011, replacing the injured

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, but was himself injured in a crash in July in which he suffered a broken collarbone, a chipped bone in his back, a punctured lung and broken ribs. He returned to the Bandits team in 2012, and was an unused reserve in their Premier League Fours victory that year, but lost his place when they signed Edward Kennett in May 2013, signing for Leicester Lions shortly afterwards.Edberg Joins Lions
, speedwaygb.co, 14 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013 He rode for

Fjelsted Fjelsted is a town located on the island of Funen in south Denmark, in Middelfart Municipality. Fjelsted is located next to the Funen Motorway three kilometers south of Harndrup, 20 kilometers east of Middelfart and 28 kilometers west of Odense. ...

in Denmark,

KMŻ Lublin Motor Lublin was the name given to several Polish motorcycle speedway teams that existed in the city of Lublin in Poland. In 2017, a new team called Klub Motorowy Cross Lublin was founded and is the current team competing in the Polish leagues ...

in Poland, and Keittiöpiste Kuusankoski and Haukat/Royals Lahti in Finland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edberg, Alex 1991 births Living people Swedish speedway riders Berwick Bandits riders Leicester Lions riders Sportspeople from Eskilstuna