Hans Magnus Zetterström (born 9 December 1971 in
Eskilstuna
Eskilstuna () is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The city of Eskilstuna had 69,948 inhabitants in 2020, with a total population of 107,806 inhabitants in Eskilstuna municipality ...
, Sweden) is a former international
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 clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...
rider from Sweden. He earned 3 caps for the
Sweden national speedway team
The Sweden national speedway team are one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway.
History
The Sweden speedway team has won the Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup on ten occasions and were a major force in the open ...
.
Career
Zetterström's first season in the British leagues was in 1996, when he joined the
Poole Pirates
Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions.
Poole Speedway is promoted by l ...
for the
1996 Premier League speedway season. He returned to Poole in 1998, where he would spend seven seasons in total, split by spells at
Peterborough Panthers
The Peterborough Panthers were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Peterborough, England from 1970 to 2023. They were three times List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest lev ...
. He would also make his Polish league debut in 1999 for
Lublin
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.
Zetterström became
European Champion in
2002
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.
In 2005, he joined the
Somerset Rebels
The Somerset Rebels were a British motorcycle speedway, speedway team based in Highbridge, Somerset, Highbridge, Somerset. Founded in 2000, the club competed in the British SGB Championship until 2019. Their home track was located at the Oak Tr ...
and went on to win the
Premier League Riders' Championship, held on 24 September 2006 at
Owlerton Stadium. He was also part of the Somerset four who won the
Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 20 August 2005, at
Derwent Park
Derwent Park is a Rugby League Stadium and former motorcycle speedway in Workington, England situated beside the Cumbrian River Derwent. It is used mostly for rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Workington Town who play in Leagu ...
.
In 2008, he became the
Swedish Champion.
In September 2009, during the
Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the
GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the
2010 Grand Prix.
He returned for one final season in the British leagues in 2013 when riding for the
Belle Vue Aces
The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier League championship 14 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership, racing at The National Speedway Stadium, wit ...
. However, he continued to ride in his native Sweden with
Smederna
Smederna is a motorcycle speedway club based in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The club competes in the highest speedway league in Sweden called the Elitserien (speedway), Elitserien and race its home matches at Smedstadion, Eskilstuna motorstadion outsid ...
in 2015 and in Poland until the end of the 2016 season.
Individual European Championship appearances
*
2002
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- European Champion (12 points +3)
*
2003
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Demographic ...
- 3rd place (11 points)
References
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1971 births
Living people
Swedish speedway riders
Individual Speedway European Champions
Belle Vue Aces riders
Peterborough Panthers riders
Poole Pirates riders
Somerset Rebels riders
Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England
Sportspeople from Eskilstuna
Vargarna riders
Smederna riders
Masarna riders