Joonas Nikolai Kylmäkorpi (born 14 February 1980) is a Finnish former

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rider and is a four times Long Track World Champion. He earned 12 caps for the Finland national speedway team.

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Nicknamed ''the Flying Finn'', he represented

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in the

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and won a bronze medal at the

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in 2002. However, his real success has come on the longtrack where he won four World Championships in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

and

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Kylmäkorpi rode in the British leagues from 2001 to 2016, starting with

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in 2001. At Eastbourne he replaced fellow Finnish rider Petri Kokko. He finished his British leagues career at Eastbourne as their number one rider in 2012.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Speedway honours

* Individual World Championship (

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): **

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

– 40th place (3 points in 2 events) **

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– 42nd place (1 points in 1 event) * Individual U-21 World Championship: **

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

– 12th place (5 points) * Team World Championship (

): **

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

– 9th place ''(7 points in qualifying round 1)'' **

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

– 8th place ''(4 points in race-off)'' **

– 7th place ''(6 points in race-off)'' **

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

– 7th place ''(did not start in final tournament – 12 points in qualifying round 1)'' **

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

– 8th place ''(6 points in Semi-Final 1)'' * 2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship: ** ''

– winner of semi-final 2 (10 points in semi-final 2)''

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix years

* 2000 6pts (22nd overall) * 2005 53pts (4th) * 2006 58pts (Second) * 2007 48pts (Second) * 2008 33pts (10th) * 2009 74pts (7th) * 2010 140pts (CHAMPION) * 2011 127pts (CHAMPION) * 2012 149pts (CHAMPION) * 2013 126pts (CHAMPION) * 2014 66pts (Third) * 2015 46pts (7th).

Best Grand-Prix results

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First 2015; Third 2010. *

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First 2010, 2012, Second 2013. *

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First 2012, 2013, Second 2011. * Herxheim First 2015. *

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First 2010, 2012, Second 2011, Third 2007. *

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First 2014. *

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Second 2010. * St. Macaire First 2010, Second 2007, 2008. *

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First 2010, 2012, Second 2011, 2013, Third 2009.

Team championship

* 2009

(6th) 13/31pts (Rode with

Rene Lehtinen Rene Lehtinen (born 27 March 1985) is a former motorcycle speedway rider, who was a member of Finland team at 2007 Speedway World Cup. Career Lehtinen competed in three World longtrack Grand Prix series in 2009, 2011 and 2012]. In 2007, he ...

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, Aki Pekka Mustonen) * 2010 Morizes (5th) 15/24pts (Rode with Rene Lehtinen, Pasi Pulliainen, Aki Pekka Mustonen)

European Grasstrack Championship

Finalist 2000

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15pts (5th overall).

Personal life

After finishing his sports career in 2017 due to a career-ending injury in December 2016, Joonas Kylmäkorpi began pursuing entrepreneurship. In 2022 Kylmäkorpi co-founded a nicotine pouch manufacturing company with a factory in Poznań, Poland. In 2024, the company introduced their own brand, LUMI, and launched an online shop, TheLumiClub.com.

Notes

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