Karl Mikael Karlsson (born 21 August 1973), who rides under the name Mikael Max, is an international

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rider who rode in the UK for the

Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves are a British speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They are sponsored by Parry's International Travel, and signed a deal with owner Dave Parry (previous speedway rider for the Wolverhampton Wolves) for the 2008 ...

in the Elite League. After first riding a speedway bike at the age of twelve, he moved up to 500cc bikes in 1989.Oakes, Peter (2004) ''British Speedway Who's Who'', , p. 150 He represented Sweden at under-21 level in 1990, and made his full debut for Sweden in 1991. He won the Swedish Under-21 Championship in 1992 and the World Under-21 Championship in 1994. He made his British speedway debut in 1993 for

, going on to ride for the club until 2005, only missing the 1995 and 2000 seasons. In 2006 he rode for the

Arena Essex Hammers The Lakeside Hammers were a speedway team who most recently raced in the SGB Championship in 2018. They were founded (as the Arena-Essex Hammers) by promoter Wally Mawdsley and stock car promoter Chick Woodroffe. The team were nicknamed the Hamme ...

. Max is his mother's maiden name and he has raced as Mikael Max since 2003. His two brothers, Peter Karlsson and Magnus Karlsson, are both

riders. All three brothers represented

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in the

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, with Magnus riding at reserve. He won the Swedish Pairs Championship four times, twice with brother

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, in 1992 and 1996, with

Stefan Dannö Stefan Dannö (born 10 February 1969) is an international former Speedway rider who rode in the Speedway World Championship. He also rode for the Eastbourne Eagles in the British Speedway League and Indianerna in the Swedish Elite League when ...

in 2002 and with Stefan Andersson in 2003.

Speedway Grand Prix results

References

External links

Official Website
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Speedway Grand Prix results

See also

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