Jonas Davidsson (born 7 August 1984 in

Motala Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. M ...

, Sweden) is a former

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rider from Sweden and he was a member of Swedish national team.

Career

Davidsson came to prominence after reaching three World Under 21 finals in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He also won the Swedish Junior Speedway Championship in 2005. He signed for his first British team

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for the 2003 Premier League speedway season and his first Polish team

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in 2006. In 2008, Davidsson experienced arguably his fineest career achievement when he won a bronze medal representing Sweden at the 2008 Speedway World Cup. It was also in 2008 that he joined the

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in the Elite League. He would go on spend five seasons with the club and win the

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in 2009. He continued to ride in Poland after his British career came to an end and last raced in 2019 for Krosno.

Family

And his brother,

Daniel Davidsson Daniel Jan Johan Davidsson (born 17 March 1983 in Motala, Sweden) is a speedway rider. His brother, Jonas Davidsson (born 1984), was also a speedway rider for the Lakeside Hammers. Career details World Championships * Individual U-21 Wor ...

(b. 1983), is also a speedway rider, as was his father Jan Davidsson (born 1956).

Speedway Grand Prix results

Career details

World Championships

* Individual U-21 World Championship (Under-21 World Championship) **

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- 9th place (6 points) **

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- 12th place (6 points) **

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- 11th place (3 points) * Team World Championship (

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) ** 2007 -

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- 5th place (9 points in Race-Off) **

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- Runner-up (7 points)

European Championships

* Individual U-19 European Championship **

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- 6th place (8 points) **

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- 6th place (9 points)

Others

Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces The Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway League Aces ( pl, Kryterium Asów Polskich Lig Żużlowych im. Mieczysława Połukarda) usually referred to as the Criterium of Aces (''Kryterium Asów'') is an annual Motorcycle speedway, ...

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

- 8th place (8 points)

References

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