Tero Kalevi Aarnio (born 17 April 1984) is a Finnish
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.
Career
Aarnio was a member of
Finland team at
2007 Speedway World Cup
The 2007 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 21, 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland (55 pts) and they beat defending champi ...
. This led to his signing for
Berwick Bandits
The Berwick Bandits are a British speedway club, based in Berwick-upon-Tweed. They currently compete in the SGB Championship, racing at Shielfield Park, with home matches usually taking place on Saturday evenings. They also run a second team in ...
for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He then joined
Scunthorpe Scorpions
The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a speedway team in the British SGB Championship. They have raced at various times since 1972, at three different venues.
History
1972–1978
The original Scunthorpe side were known as Scunthorpe Saints from 1972 ...
in 2010 and 2011 and
Workington Comets
The Workington Comets are a British speedway club, based in Workington, Cumbria, racing out of the Northside Training Track. The team previously operated from 1970 to 2018 and were based at Derwent Park Stadium which they shared with Workington ...
in 2012 and 2013
[ He then spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons with Glasgow and Newcastle respectively, the 2016 season with Scunthorpe and returned to Newcastle in 2018. In 2019 he rode for Birmingham.
After medalling six times 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
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he finally won the national title, when winning the 2020 Finnish Individual Speedway Championship to become champion of Finland.
In 2021 and 2022, he rode for Scunthorpe again, in the SGB Championship 2021
The SGB Championship 2021 was the second tier division, called the SGB Championship, of the British speedway championship in 2021.
Changes from the last edition of the Championship (held in 2019) were the addition of three teams and the loss of t ...
and the SGB Championship 2022
The 2022 SGB Championship season is the 75th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Championship.
Summary
Eleven clubs competed in the Championship in 2022, with Oxford returning to the sport after a 15 year ab ...
. In 2022, he also rode for Tarnów
Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarnów ...
in the Polish Speedway Second League
The Polish Speedway Second League or Liga.2 żużlowa is the third division of motorcycle speedway in Poland. It is below the Ekstraliga and the Polish Speedway First League
The Polish Speedway First League or Liga.1 żużlowa is the second ...
.
Career details
World Championships
* Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.
Format
From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders ...
and Speedway World Cup
The Speedway World Cup is an annual motorcycle speedway, 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 Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cu ...
)
** 2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
– 3rd place in Qualifying round 1
** 2007
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– 8th place
** 2008
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– 2nd place in Qualifying round 2
* Team U-21 World Championship
** 2005
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– 4th place in Qualifying Round 3
European Championships
* Individual European Championship
** 2005
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– 17th place in Semi-Final C
** 2007
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– 16th place in Semi-Final B
* Individual U-19 European Championship
** 2002
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– 10th place in Semi-Final A
** 2003
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– 12th place in Semi-Final A
* European Pairs Championship
** 2007
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– Terenzano
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It borders to the north-east with the Comune of Basiliano, to t ...
– 4th place (1 pt)
Domestic competitions
* Individual Finnish Championship
** 2001 – 12th place (4+0 pts)
** 2002 – 7th place (9 pts)
** 2003 – 10th place (6 pts)
** 2004 – 3rd place (15 pts)
** 2005 – 3rd place (44 pts)
** 2006 – 9th place (7 pts)
** 2008 – 5th place (9+1 pts)
* Individual Junior Finnish Championship
** 2001 – 9th place (7 pts)
** 2002 – Runner-up (17 pts)
** 2003 – Runner-up (17 pts)
** 2004 – Finnish Champion (25 pts)
** 2005 – Finnish Champion (25 pts)
See also
* Finland national speedway team
The Finland national speedway team are motorcycle speedway national team from Finland.
Speedway World Cup
See also
* Motorcycle speedway
{{Speedway national teams
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References
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1984 births
Living people
Finnish speedway riders
Berwick Bandits riders
Birmingham Brummies riders
Glasgow Tigers riders
Newcastle Diamonds riders
Scunthorpe Scorpions riders
Workington Comets riders