Christer Sjösten (2 September 1948 – 9 December 1979) was an international
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 clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...
rider from Sweden.
He earned 8 caps for the
Sweden national speedway team
The Sweden national speedway team are one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway.
History
The Sweden speedway team has won the Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup on ten occasions and were a major force in the open ...
.
Speedway career
Sjösten was a four time Swedish finalist in 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1977. He rode in the
top tier of British Speedway from 1971 to 1979, riding for Wembley, Exeter, Coatbridge and Poole.
[
In the ]Swedish Speedway Team Championship
The Swedish Speedway Team Championship is the team championship of motorcycle speedway, speedway in Sweden.
History
The Championship was introduced in 1950.
In 1982 the Championship was renamed with a new league called the Elitserien (speedwa ...
he rode for Masarna
Masarna are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Avesta, Sweden. They last rode in the Elitserien during the 2022 Swedish Speedway season but are currently not racing due to financial problems. They are two times champions of Sweden.
...
, Indianerna
Indianerna (the Indians) are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Kumla, Sweden. The club's official name is Kumla MSK and it was founded in 1936 which makes the club one of the oldest motorsport clubs in Sweden. They are two times Swedi ...
, Smederna
Smederna is a motorcycle speedway club based in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The club competes in the highest speedway league in Sweden called the Elitserien (speedway), Elitserien and race its home matches at Smedstadion, Eskilstuna motorstadion outsid ...
, Lindarna, Bysarna
Bysarna were a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based at the Visby#Sports, Gamla Speedway Track, in Galgberget, Visby, Galgberget, north of Visby on the island of Gotland in Sweden. They were four times Swedish Speedway Team Championship, league ...
and Getingarna
Getingarna was a motorcycle speedway club from Stockholm in Sweden. They hold the record for Swedish Championships with 14 league titles to their name.
History
The club's first name was Motorsällskapet and they competed in the very first Swe ...
.Sören Sjösten
Sören Willy Ernfrid Sjösten (12 December 1938 – April 1999) was Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 76 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.
Life and career
Sjösten was born on 12 December 1938. He won the world pairs cham ...
(one of the world's leading riders) retired.[
]
See also
*Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway
This article lists riders who have died competing at motorcycle speedway events. During the mid-2000s air fences were installed at most oval cinder/shale tracks, which consequently and significantly reduced deaths and serious injury.
List
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References
1948 births
1979 deaths
Swedish speedway riders
Exeter Falcons riders
Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England
Wembley Lions riders
Poole Pirates riders
Glasgow Tigers riders
Swedish expatriate speedway riders in Scotland
Masarna riders
People from Avesta Municipality
Motorcycle road incident deaths
Sport deaths in Australia
Sportspeople from Dalarna County
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