Alexander Woentin (born 3 July 2000) is a
speedway rider from Sweden.
Speedway career
Woentin came to prominence in 2017, when he qualified for the finals of both the
World U21 Championship and the
European U19 Championship.
The following year he became a regular member of the
Sweden national under-21 speedway team and helped them reach the
2018 Team Junior European Championship final. During 2019, he reached the finals of the European U21 and U19 Championships before he was selected for the
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. The current captain is 2000 World Under-21 Champion Andreas Jonsson.
Spe ...
where he stood as reserve during the
2020 Speedway of Nations
The 2020 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the third FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition was scheduled to consist of a two-legged final but was reduced to a single leg because of heavy rain on the opening day. The Speedwa ...
. He also won a bronze medal at the
2020 Junior European Championship.
He finished 9th in the
2021 Speedway Under-21 World Championship and 7th in the
2021 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
The 2021 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the 17th FIM Team Under-21 World Championship season. The final took place on 10 September 2021, at the Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
The hosts Poland won their 14th Team Unde ...
.
In 2022, he rode for
Dackarna
Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the Skrotfrag Arena which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005.
History
The team was founded i ...
in the Swedish
Eliserien (the highest league in Sweden).
References
Living people
2000 births
Swedish speedway riders
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