Emil Lindqvist (born 8 December 1976) is a former

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...

rider from Sweden.

Career

Lindqvist came to prominence when he won the gold medal at the 1996

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. The following year he reached the final of the

1997 Speedway Under-21 World Championship The 1997 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The event was won by Jesper B. Jensen of Denmark and he also gained qualification to 1998 Speedway Grand Prix. Wo ...

. He started racing in the British leagues during the

1999 Premier League speedway season The 1999 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). Season summary The Leagu ...

, when riding for the

Newport Wasps Newport Wasps were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Newport, South Wales from 1964 to 2012. They were the 1999 Conference League champions. The Wasp logo incorporates the traditional black and amber colours of the City of Newport. ...

and averaged 8.86. He rode in Sweden for

Rospiggarna Rospiggarna is a motorcycle speedway team based in Hallstavik, Sweden. The club was founded in 1930 and were named ''Orion'', although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 196 ...

Vargarna Vargarna are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Norrköping, Sweden. The team race at the Norrköpings Motorstadion. History The name Vargarna literally translates into English as "The Wolves". The team won the Swedish Speedway Team Cha ...

and

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References

Living people 1976 births Swedish speedway riders Newport Wasps riders Expatriate speedway riders in Wales Poole Pirates riders Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England {{Sweden-speedway-bio-stub