Niklas Klingberg (born 6 February
1973
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) is a former Swedish
motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden, who was a member of
Sweden team at
Speedway World Cup
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s. He was
Swedish Champion in 2002.
Career details
World Championships
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Individual World Championship and
Speedway Grand Prix
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2001 - 10th place (54 pts)
**
2002 - 18th place (37 pts)
* Team World Championship (
Speedway World Team Cup and
Speedway World Cup
The Speedway World Cup is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old World Team Cup which ran from 1960 until 2000. The last ed ...
)
**
1996 - 5th place - (14pts)
**
2001 -
Wrocław
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- 3rd place (10 pts)
**
2002 -
Peterborough
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- 3rd place (10 pts)
*
Individual U-21 World Championship
**
1991
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Coventry
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- 7th place (8 pts)
**
1992 -
Pfaffenhofen - 7th place (9 pts)
**
1993
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Pardubice - 11th place (7 pts)
European Championships
*
Individual European Championship
**
2004 -
Holsted
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Transport
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- 9th place (6 pts)
Family
His father
Börje Klingberg is also a former Swedish international speedway rider.
See also
*
Sweden national speedway team
Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000. The current captain is 2000 World Under-21 Champion Andreas Jonsson.
Sp ...
*
List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
This is a complete list of riders who have entered a FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995.
''After 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 September 2015)''
Index
A
* Leigh Adams
* Zoltán Adorján
* Sebastian Aldén
* Stefano Alfonso
* ...
References
External links
* (pl
Klingberg at www.GTZ.Grudziadz.net
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1973 births
Living people
Swedish speedway riders
Oxford Cheetahs riders