Conny Samuelsson (born 15 August 1947) is a former international

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rider from Sweden.

Speedway career

Samuelsson won the silver medal at the

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in the

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. He had won a bronze medal the previous year in the

1976 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship The 1976 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship was the 11th edition of the World Championship The Championship was held on 6/7 March 1976 in Assen in the Netherlands. The winner was Sergey Tarabanko of the Soviet Union for the second success ...

. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1969 riding for

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. It was the only club outside of the

Njudungarna Vetlanda Speedway were a motorcycle speedway team based in Vetlanda, Sweden. Earlier known as Njudungarna and VMS Elit, the club was formed in 1946, and arranged their first meeting three years later. In 2003 when the club was promoted to the top ...

team that he ever rode for. He spent 35 years riding for Njudungarna. He was capped 9 times by the

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World final appearances

Ice World Championship

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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, 3rd – 26pts *

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

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, 2nd – 26pts *

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

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Inzell Inzell is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for the Eisstadion Inzell, an outdoor artificial ice rink that has been used for many international speed skating championships. It is now an indoor oval. Ge ...

, 5th – 19pts *

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

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, 13th – 5pts

References

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