Antonio Lindbäck (born 5 May 1985 in

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rider who competed in the Speedway World Championship, finishing eighth in 2016, and was a member of the

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team who won the

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Career highlights

Lindbäck made his international debut in 2004 with firstly a wild card ride in the

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series but he made a bigger impression in the Speedway World Cup riding for the Swedish team. He became the European Under-19 Champion in 2004 and Scandinavian Under-21 Champion in 2005. He made his full SGP debut in 2005 finishing 10th both in that season and the subsequent 2006 championship. Prior to the final 2007

round in

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, it was announced that Lindbäck had decided to retire from speedway. But in 2008, Lindbäck was deciding to return to speedway, starting in the second league in Sweden. He continued his professional career in 2009. Lindbäck won his first Grand Prix in the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy in

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. On 13 November 2020, Lindbäck announced his retirement, ending his speedway career.

Current clubs

At the end of the 2007 season, Antonio Lindbäck announced that he retired, but made a quick comeback competing for

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in the Swedish second division allsvenskan and he was a major force in bringing the club to the playoff finale. Before the start of the 2009 season, he moved to another club called

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/ref> Lindbäck qualified for the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix via the

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Speedway Grand Prix results

SGP Podiums

# Copenhagen 2005 - 3rd place # Prague 2006 - 3rd place # Daugavpils 2006 - 2nd place # Gothenburg 2009 - 3rd place # Gothenburg 2011 - 3rd place # Terenzano 2011 - 3rd place # Terenzano 2012 - 1st place # Cardiff 2012 - 3rd place # Målilla 2012 - 3rd place # Toruń 2012 - 1st place # Målilla 2015 - 3rd place # Cardiff 2016 - 1st place

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