Jan Fredrik Tobias (Freddie) Lindgren (born 15 September 1985) is a Swedish

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rider. He has twice won the bronze medal at the

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and won the world team championships in 2015.

Career

Born in

Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, an ...

, Sweden. Lindgren's father

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was a speedway rider before him, and his younger brother

Ludvig Ludvig is a Scandinavia Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers t ...

also rides. Lindgren first appeared for

Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves are a British speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They are sponsored by Parry's International Travel, and signed a deal with owner Dave Parry (previous speedway rider for the Wolverhampton Wolves) for the 20 ...

during the 2003 season as the team struggled with injuries. At the age of just 17, Freddie made his debut for the team and impressed enough to be brought back the following season when again injuries hit the club. In 2005, he moved over to full-time and averaged 7.44 for Wolves in his debut full season and in 2006 he improved to average 8.12. In 2007 as Freddie started to show up more on the World scene, he averaged 8.35 again for Wolves. Also in 2007, he was awarded a permanent wild card place for the 2008

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series. During the 2008 season, Freddie was awarded with the Wolves captaincy role, previously held by fellow Swede Peter Karlsson and as a full-time Grand Prix rider he averaged 8.52 for Wolves. Due to his top 10 finish in the 2008 SGP, Lindgren was awarded a second successive permanent wild card place for the 2009

. In 2010, he finished 11th on 87 points but qualified for the 2011 Series after beating Janusz Kolodiej and Magnus Zetterstrom in a run-off in the GP Challenge Final. Fredrik Lindgren on track

In 2009, Lindgren topped the averages in the UK with a 10.43 average and only dropped 7 points at home all season. Wolverhampton went on to win the Elite League title. 2010 saw him again back at Wolverhampton where his brother Ludvig also gained a place. Again he finished as the highest averaging rider in the Elite League and helped Wolves reach the title playoffs. During the 2015 Speedway World Cup, he was part of the Swedish team that won the world team title. He had previously finished runner-up twice (2005 & 2006) and third three times. In 2016, Lindgren won the Elite League with Wolves and also won the

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at the end of the season. Lindgren's 2017 season for Wolves would be his last in the United Kingdom, bringing a 14 year spell to an end. In 2020, he finished third and won the bronze medal in the World Championship for the second time, the

2020 Speedway Grand Prix The 2020 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 26th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 75th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the 20th series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company A new point ...

season saw him collect 117 points including winning the Gorzów Grand Prix. In 2021, he rode for

Västervik Speedway Västervik Speedway are a motorcycle speedway team from Västervik in Sweden. They were established as Skepparna in 1966 and have raced in the Elitserien, the top league division of Swedish speedway, since 1991, changing their name to Västervik ...

but was later diagnosed with

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and was forced to end his season early. Despite the illness he managed to finish in fourth place during the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix. In 2022, Lindgren finished in fourth place again in the 2022

, after securing 103 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix.

Major results

World individual Championship

2004 Speedway Grand Prix The 2004 Speedway Grand Prix was the 59th edition of the official World Championship and the tenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. After finishing second in 2001, 2002 and 2003, Jason Crump br ...

- 31st *

2006 Speedway Grand Prix The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix was the 61st edition of the official World Championship and the 12th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. Event format The format remained the same as 2005 with 16 rid ...

- 20th *

2007 Speedway Grand Prix The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix was the 62nd edition of the official World Championship and the 13th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It was the first under the promotion of IMG, who had purchased ...

- 16th * 2008 Speedway Grand Prix - 10th *

2009 Speedway Grand Prix The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix was the 64th edition of the official World Championship and the 15th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Speedway World Championship. It is the third series under ...

- 9th * 2010 Speedway Grand Prix - 11th * 2011 Speedway Grand Prix - 9th * 2012 Speedway Grand Prix - 8th (including Swedish grand prix win) * 2013 Speedway Grand Prix - 11th * 2014 Speedway Grand Prix - 10th * 2016 Speedway Grand Prix - 11th * 2017 Speedway Grand Prix - 8th (including Warsaw grand prix win) * 2018 Speedway Grand Prix - 3rd (including Czech Republic grand prix win) *

2019 Speedway Grand Prix The 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 25th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 74th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the nineteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The ...

- 4th (including Swedish grand prix win) *

- 3rd (including Gorzów grand prix win) * 2021 Speedway Grand Prix - 4th * 2022 Speedway Grand Prix - 4th

World team Championships

2005 Speedway World Cup The 2005 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 5th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on August 6, 2005 in the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland (62 pts) and they beat defending champion S ...

- runner up *

2006 Speedway World Cup The 2006 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 6th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 22 July 2006 in the Smallmead Stadium in Reading, Berkshire, Great Britain. The tournament was won by Denmark (45 pts) and they beat Sweden (37 ...

- runner up *

2007 Speedway World Cup The 2007 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 21, 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland (55 pts) and they beat defending champ ...

- 5th *

2008 Speedway World Cup The 2008 FIM Nordicbet Speedway World Cup (SWC) is the 8th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 19 2008 in Vojens, Denmark. The tournament was won by host team Denmark (49 pts) and they beat defending champion Poland (46 ...

- 3rd * 2009 Speedway World Cup - 3rd * 2010 Speedway World Cup - 3rd * 2011 Speedway World Cup - 3rd *

2012 Speedway World Cup The 2012 FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the twelfth FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international speedway world championship tournament. It took place between 7 July and 14 July 2012 and involved eight national teams. Six teams were seeded th ...

- 4th * 2015 Speedway World Cup - Winner * 2016 Speedway World Cup - 3rd * 2017 Speedway World Cup - runner up * 2018 Speedway of Nations - 6th * 2019 Speedway of Nations - 5th * 2020 Speedway of Nations - 4th * 2022 Speedway of Nations - runner up

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindgren, Fredrik 1985 births Living people Swedish speedway riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders Sportspeople from Örebro

Career

Major results

World individual Championship

World team Championships

See also

References