Jacob Thorssell (born 24 July 1993) is a
motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He is a two times Swedish national champion.
Career
Thorssell joined
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 ...
in the
Elite League for the
2012 season, as a replacement for
Pontus Aspgren who had picked up an injury.
[ After impressing at Wolves, Thorssell was announced in the permanent line-up for the 2013 season.
After continuing to impress in 2013 and also in 2014 Thorssell made the step up to being one of Wolverhampton's three heat leaders for the 2015 season, and was the first rider to be announced in their team.
He remained at Wolves for eight seasons until the end of the 2019 season.][ From 2021 to 2022 he rode for Opole in the Polish leagues and since 2019 has ridden for ]Dackarna
Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the Skrotfrag Arena which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005.
History
The team was founded i ...
in his home country. Thorssell was Swedish national champion after winning the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in both 2019 and 2020.
In 2023, he was part of the Swedish team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.
Major results
World individual Championship
*2023 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2023 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 29th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 78th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the second series promoted by Discovery Sports Events.
Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending cha ...
- =19th
References
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Swedish motorcycle racers
1993 births
Living people
Wolverhampton Wolves riders
Swedish speedway riders
People from Åtvidaberg Municipality