Joel Jansson (10 July 1924 to 15 February 2018) was an international

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rider from Sweden.

Speedway career

Jansson reached the final of the

Speedway World Championship The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first official championsh ...

in the

1958 Individual Speedway World Championship The 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 13th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. In the World final New Zealander Barry Briggs successfully defended his title and was unbeaten after ...

. He rode for

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in Sweden from 1957 to 1962 and was the captain of the Vargarna team from 1958.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

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– 16th - 0pts

Family

His two sons (

Tommy Jansson Per Tommy Jansson (2 October 1952 – 20 May 1976) was a motorcycle speedway rider. He was one of Sweden's most exciting speedway prospects in the 1970s but was killed in the Swedish Final a World Championship Qualifying Round meeting. He was t ...

and Bosse Jansson) were both speedway riders; tragically Tommy was killed in 1976, during the Swedish final.

References

1924 births 2018 deaths Swedish speedway riders {{Speedway-stub