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Nationality
  
Sweden

Career status
  
Retired


1971
  
Swedish Pairs Champion

Name
  
Christer Lofqvist

Died
  
1 February 1978(1978-02-01) (aged 33)

1965-19751970-19711972-197319751976
  
Bysarna (SWE)West Ham HammersPoole PiratesHackney HawksNjudungarna (SWE)

1967
  
Swedish Junior Champion

Christer Lofqvist, Dave Jessup and Zenon Plech in Action


Christer Löfqvist (born 4 June 1944 in Visby, Gotland, Sweden - died 1 February 1978) was a former international speedway rider who reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1974.

Contents

He rode in Britain for West Ham Hammers, Poole Pirates, and the Hackney Hawks.

Individual World Championship

  • 1972 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 11pts
  • 1974 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 9th - 8pts

    • World Team Cup

  • 1972 - Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn (with Tommy Jansson / Jan Simensen / Anders Michanek / Göte Nordin) 4th - 18pts (6)
  • 1974 - Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Anders Michanek / Sören Sjösten / Tommy Jansson) - 2nd - 31pts (5)
  • 1976 - London, White City Stadium (with Anders Michanek / Bengt Jansson / Bernt Persson / Lars-Åke Andersson) - 3rd - 26pts (1)

    • Death

    Löfqvist was diaganosed with a brain tumour and died in 1978 aged thirty-three.

    References

    Christer Löfqvist Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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