Leif Hveem known as Basse Hveem (1920-1964) was an international speedway rider from Norway.

Speedway career

Hveem won the gold medal at the European Longtrack Champion in the

1957 Individual Long Track European Championship The 1957 Individual Long Track European Championship was the first edition of the Individual Long Track World Championship, Long Track European Championship. The event was held on 15 September 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden. The title was won by Bass ...

. In 1953, he won the second

Continental Speedway Final The Continental Final was a Motorcycle speedway Final sanctioned by the FIM as the qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1976 and 2000. From 1952-1975 it acted as the final qualifier for the Championship Round or European Fin ...

. He was champion of Norway seven times in 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952 and 1953. He was also the Norwegian Longtrack Champion in 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957 and the Scandinavian Longtrack Champion in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957. He rode a few meetings in the top tier of British Speedway in 1953, riding for West Ham Hammers.

References

1920 births 1964 deaths Norwegian speedway riders West Ham Hammers riders Sportspeople from Oslo {{Speedway-stub