Joel Andersson (born 10 April 1996) is an international
speedway rider from Sweden.
Speedway career
Andersson came to prominence at the
2015 Team Speedway Junior European Championship where he won a silver medal and top scored for Sweden.
The following year he won the 2016
Swedish U21 championship, finished fourth in the
2016 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship and the
2016 Team Speedway Junior European Championship and reached the
2016 Speedway Under-21 World Championship final. He started his British speedway career in 208 when he signed for the
Edinburgh Monarchs
The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish Speedway team, currently based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the Speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess. The cl ...
for the
SGB Championship 2018
The SGB Championship 2018 was the 2018 season of the second division of Great British speedway. The season ran between March and October 2018 and consisted of 11 teams participating.
Workington Comets completed the treble winning the playoffs, Ch ...
, he stayed with the Scottish club for the following season in the
SGB Championship 2019
The SGB Championship 2019 is the second division of Great British speedway. The season runs between March and October 2019 and consisted of 12 participating teams. The current league champions are the Workington Comets who completed an excellent ...
.
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In 2019, he represented Sweden in the final of the ]2019 Team Long Track World Championship
The 2019 Team Long Track World Championship was the 13th annual FIM Team Long Track World Championship. The final took place on 7 September 2019 in Vechta, Germany.
Results
* Vechta
Vechta (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Vechte'') is the capital and l ...
and in 2021, he made an appearance in the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix
In 2022, he competed in the 2022 European Pairs Speedway Championship for Sweden and also in 2022, he helped Smederna
Smederna is a motorcycle speedway club based in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The club competes in the highest speedway league in Sweden called the Elitserien and race its home matches at Smedstadion outside Eskilstuna. Ikaros Smederna was formerly kno ...
win the Swedish Speedway Team Championship during the 2022 campaign.
References
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Living people
1996 births
Swedish speedway riders
Edinburgh Monarchs riders