Tommy Bernt Erik Nilsson (born 10 March 1955) is a former

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 from Sweden.

Speedway career

Nilsson is a former champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1983. He reached the final of the

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 ...

in the

1977 Speedway World Team Cup The 1977 Speedway World Team Cup was the 18th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place at the Stadion Olimpijski (Wrocław) in Poland. England bounced back to winning ways by recor ...

. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1973 until 1977, riding for

Hackney Hawks Hackney Hawks speedway opened in 1963 at Hackney Wick Stadium, Waterden Road, London and operated until 1983. The team replaced the Hackney Wick Wolves who had raced at the stadium from 1935 to 1939. The Hawks were then themselves replaced by the ...

and

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees were a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon near Coventry, England. History A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the inaugural season of the Southern ...

Family

His son

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also became a professional speedway rider.

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

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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 ...

- 10th - 6pts

World Team Cup

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(with

Bengt Jansson Bengt Gustaf Jansson (born 9 January 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former Swedish international speedway rider. "Banger" was runner up in the 1967 World Final to fellow countryman Ove Fundin after losing a race-off and finished third in 197 ...

Anders Michanek Anders Michanek (born 30 May 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Speedway rider. In 1974 he won the Speedway World Championship in his Swedish homeland with a maximum score of 15 points. Career Michanek had a very successful career riding in the B ...

Sören Karlsson Sören Karlsson (born 23 October 1946) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Karlsson won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1975 Speedway World Team Cup. He rode in the List of Un ...

Bernt Persson Bernt Eveart Persson (24 June 1946 to 20 September 2020) was a Swedish international speedway rider who finished runner up in the 1972 Speedway World Championship final. He rode in Britain for the Edinburgh Monarchs, the Cradley Heath Heathens (f ...

) - 4th - 11pts (0)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Tommy 1955 births Living people Swedish speedway riders Coventry Bees riders Hackney Hawks riders Sportspeople from Uppsala