Linus Erik Sundström (born 28 October 1990 in
Avesta
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, Sweden) is a former international
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rider from Sweden.
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Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
Career
Sundström's British speedway career started in 2009 with
Rye House Rockets and he top scored for them during 2010 while also earning ten rides for
Ipswich Witches in the higher division. In 2011, he signed for
Peterborough Panthers
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for the
2011 Elite League speedway season. He stayed with them until 2013. He won the Brandonapolis in 2011.
He was selected in the Swedish National squad for the 2012 & 2013 Speedway World Cups.
He achieved his greatest feat at the
2015 Speedway World Cup
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, when part of the
Swedish team that became world team champions. In the
World Cup Final he scored 4 points; the team consisted of
Andreas Jonsson,
Fredrik Lindgren and
Antonio Lindbäck
Antonio Lindbäck (born 5 May 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden, who competed in the Speedway World Championship and was a member of the Swedish team who won the Speedway World Cup in 2004 and 2015. He e ...
.
In 2018, Sundström returned to British speedway after signing for
Poole Pirates for the
SGB Premiership 2018 season but was replaced mid-season.
On 22 September 2019 he suffered what was described as a horrifying crash in Gdansk. He fractured his left thigh in two places, broke his upper arm and shoulder joint and tore his liver. After recovering from the injury he signed for
Västervik Speedway but then in May 2021 suffered another serious crash while riding in the Danish league. He suffered seven broken or cracked vertebrae and made the decision to retire from racing.
Major results
World individual Championship
*
2010 Speedway Grand Prix
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- 31st
*
2011 Speedway Grand Prix - nc
*
2012 Speedway Grand Prix - 33rd
*
2013 Speedway Grand Prix - 22nd
*
2017 Speedway Grand Prix
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The wo ...
- 32nd
World team Championships
*
2015 Speedway World Cup
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- Winner
*
2017 Speedway World Cup - 2nd
European Championship
*
Individual U-19 European Championship
**
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 ...
-
Częstochowa
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- 14th place (3 pts)
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2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
- 9th place in Semi-Final 2''
**
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
-
Tarnów
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- 8th place (7 pts)
*
Team U-19 European Championship
**
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
Rawicz
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History
The ...
- European Champion (6 pts)
**
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
-
Holsted - Runner-up (5 pts)
See also
*
Sweden national speedway team
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sundstrom, Linus
1990 births
Living people
Swedish speedway riders
Ipswich Witches riders
Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England
Peterborough Panthers riders
Poole Pirates riders
Rye House Rockets riders
Speedway World Cup champions
People from Avesta (locality)
Sportspeople from Dalarna County
Piraterna riders
Masarna riders