Pierre Brannefors (1962-2019) was an international speedway rider from Sweden.

Speedway career

Brannefors reached the final of the

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in the

1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship The 1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fourteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place on 18 June at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden. England won their sixth World Pairs Championship after Kenny Carter ...

. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1981 to 1984, riding for

King's Lynn Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" comes from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 1996 when Kin ...

and

Reading Racers Reading Racers are a British motorcycle speedway team. Formed in 1968, they won four British League titles during their history. The club closed in October 2008 after the lease on Smallmead Stadium was sold and the site was demolished. In 2016 a ...

. He was also the 1980 Swedish Junior Champion.

World Final appearances

World Pairs Championship

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Göteborg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a p ...

Ullevi Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi (, ''New Ullevi''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then has also hosted the World Allround Speed Skating Championships six times; the ...

(with Jan Andersson) - 5th - 16pts (4)

References

1962 births 2019 deaths Swedish speedway riders King's Lynn Stars riders Reading Racers riders Sportspeople from Szeged {{Sweden-speedway-bio-stub