Joonas Nikolai Kylmäkorpi (born 14 February 1980) is a Finnish former

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...

rider and is a four times Long Track World Champion.

Career

Nicknamed ''the Flying Finn'', he represented

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in the

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and won a bronze medal at the

Finnish Individual Speedway Championship The Finnish Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the Finnish national champion. It was first staged in 1955. Winners See also Finland national speedway team References {{Interna ...

in 2002. However, his real success has come on the longtrack where he won four World Championships in

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and

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Speedway Grand Prix results

Speedway honours

* Individual World Championship (

Speedway Grand Prix Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The series started in 1995 replacing the previous format of a single event final. The first win ...

): **

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– 40th place (3 points in 2 events) **

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

– 42nd place (1 points in 1 event) * Individual U-21 World Championship: **

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– 12th place (5 points) * Team World Championship (

): **

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

– 9th place ''(7 points in qualifying round 1)'' **

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– 8th place ''(4 points in race-off)'' **

– 7th place ''(6 points in race-off)'' **

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– 7th place ''(did not start in final tournament – 12 points in qualifying round 1)'' **

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

– 8th place ''(6 points in Semi-Final 1)'' *

2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship The 2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship was the third edition of the European Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held in Lendava, Slovenia on 5 August. Poland won their second title. Semifinal 1 * Rivne * May 27 :Draw 1. → :D ...

: ** ''

– winner of semi-final 2 (10 points in semi-final 2)''

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix years

* 2000 6pts (22nd overall) * 2005 53pts (4th) * 2006 58pts (Second) * 2007 48pts (Second) * 2008 33pts (10th) * 2009 74pts (7th) * 2010 140pts (CHAMPION) * 2011 127pts (CHAMPION) * 2012 149pts (CHAMPION) * 2013 126pts (CHAMPION) * 2014 66pts (Third) * 2015 46pts (7th).

Best Grand-Prix results

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First 2015; Third 2010. *

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First 2010, 2012, Second 2013. *

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First 2012, 2013, Second 2011. * Herxheim First 2015. *

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First 2010, 2012, Second 2011, Third 2007. *

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First 2014. *

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Second 2010. * St. Macaire First 2010, Second 2007, 2008. *

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First 2010, 2012, Second 2011, 2013, Third 2009.

Team championship

* 2009

(6th) 13/31pts (Rode with

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) * 2010 Morizes (5th) 15/24pts (Rode with

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)

European Grasstrack Championship

Finalist 2000

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15pts (5th overall).

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kylmakorpi, Joonas 1980 births Living people Finnish speedway riders Lakeside Hammers riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders Eastbourne Eagles riders Coventry Bees riders Sportspeople from Stockholm