Freddie Ove Eriksson (born 23 April 1981 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.

Career summary

Eriksson began his British speedway career in 2001 with King’s Lynn with whom he had two relatively successful seasons scoring over 400 points in 71 appearances. In between he became the Swedish Under-21 Speedway Champion in 2002. Freddie Eriksson riding for Oxford 2007

In 2003, he joined

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on loan late on in the season and made only 14 appearances. Eriksson’s parent club (

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) recalled him for the end of the 2005 season but at the start of the 2006 season Eriksson was released after only 13 meetings. Eriksson started the 2007 season back at Oxford but once again he was unable to complete a full season in the UK after Oxford were forced to close down their Elite League team at the end of May due to financial problems. Eriksson did not expect to ride in the British Elite League in 2008 due to losing a large amount of money when Oxford were forced to shut down. However, after Poole were unable to sign Craig Watson due to an administrative error, they signed Eriksson on loan from the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA) who had ownership of his contract after Oxford closed down. He signed in January 2008 on an

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of 3.06 which he obtained in 2006 as Oxford's 2007 results were expunged from the records. On the 8 April 2008, Poole signed Eriksson on a permanent deal from the BSPA. Eriksson won the Elite League Championship with Poole but was not retained the following season. He spent six seasons in Poland with

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from 2005 to 2010.

World Final appearances

World U-21 Championship

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- Gorzów Wielkopolski - 15th * 2001 -

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- 10th * 2002 -

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- 4th

Speedway Grand Prix results

References

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