Victor Palovaara (born 31 January 1994) is an international speedway rider from Sweden.

Speedway career

After winning two medals at the

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(a silver in 2010 and bronze in 2011) Palovaara came to prominence in 2014, when he was part of the Swedish team that the bronze medal at the 2014 Team Speedway Junior World Championship. The same year, he joined Glasgow Tigers for the 2014 Premier League speedway season and

2015 Premier League speedway season The 2015 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway. Summary took place between March and October 2015. The Edinburgh Monarchs were the defending champions after winning the championship in 2014. The 13 teams that competed ...

. In 2015 he finished 9th in the 2015 Speedway Under-21 World Championship and won a third medal (silver) at he European teams. He left Glasgow to join

Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds were a motorcycle speedway team that raced in the SGB Championship, every Sunday night during the season (March–October) from their home at the Newcastle Stadium on the Fossway, Byker. The Stadium, previously known as Broug ...

for the

2016 Premier League speedway season The 2016 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway. The title was won by Somerset Rebels who defeated Sheffield Tigers in the Grand Final. Final league table Scoring *Home draw = 1 point *Home win by any number of point ...

. He did not ride in Britain during 2017 but came back as part of the

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team for the

SGB Championship 2018 The SGB Championship 2018 was the 2018 season of the second division of Great British speedway. The season ran between March and October 2018 and consisted of 11 teams participating. Workington Comets completed the treble winning the playoffs, Ch ...

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campaigns. In his native Sweden, he rode for

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in 2019 and 2020 and

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in 2022. Also in 2022, he finished 4th at the 2022 European Pairs Speedway Championship and helped Valsarna win the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

during the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palovaara, Victor Living people 1994 births Swedish speedway riders Edinburgh Monarchs riders Glasgow Tigers riders Newcastle Diamonds riders