Nationality Sweden Career status Retired | Name Jimmy Nilsen | |
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1985-1990, 1992, 1996–199819911993-19941995, 20001999, 20011991-19921994, 199619951997-19992000 Great BritainSwindon RobinsBerwick BanditsBradford DukesOxford CheetahsBelle Vue AcesPolandZKZ Zielona GoraPolonia PilaGKM GrudziadzStart GnieznoWTS Wroclaw 198419901996199619961996 Swedish Under-21 ChampionJack Young Memorial Cup winnerSwedish ChampionSwedish Final winnerScandinavian Final winnerIntercontinental Champion 199119911993 Polish Team ChampionshipInter-Nations ChampionshipBritish League Knockout Cup | ||
Per Jonsson i Jimmy Nilsen we wspaniałym pojedynku o zwycięstwo imś 1990 bradford..flv
Jimmy Nilsen v Joe Screen Hull v Belle Vue 1999
Jimmy Nilsen (born 16 November 1966) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.
Contents
- Per Jonsson i Jimmy Nilsen we wspaniaym pojedynku o zwycistwo im 1990 bradfordflv
- Jimmy Nilsen v Joe Screen Hull v Belle Vue 1999
- Career
- Individual World Championship
- World Pairs Championship
- World Team Cup
- World Cup
- Individual Under 21 World Championship
- References
Career
Jimmy Nilsen was Swedish Champion in 1996 after finishing 3rd in 1994. Nilsen also rode in five World Finals as well as representing Sweden in Test Matches, World Pairs (best finish 2nd in 1989 with Per Jonsson) and World Team Cup (finishing 2nd in 1991, 1992 and 1998). He also helped Sweden to 3rd place in the 2001 World Cup Final in Wrocław, Poland.
After finishing second to Per Jonsson at the 1985 European (World) Under-21 Championship Final in Abensberg, West Germany, Nilsen impressed when as a 19-year he finished what would be a career best 4th in the 1986 World Final (his first World Final appearance) at the Silesian Stadium in Katowice, Poland, a placing he would repeat in the 2 day 1987 World Final at the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium in the Netherlands. He would appear in another three World Finals, finishing 5th in 1990 in Bradford, England (won by Jonsson), 5th in 1991 at Ullevi in Göteborg, and 7th in 1992 at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland.
Nilsen later qualified for the Speedway Grand Prix in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001, finishing a career best 2nd in 1998 behind countryman Tony Rickardsson.
In 1990 after appearing in a "Rest of the World" team in a test against Australia at the North Arm Speedway in Adelaide, South Australia, Nilsen won the inaugural running of the Jack Young Memorial Cup named in honour of the Adelaide rider who had won the World Final in 1951 and 1952. A year later he returned to Australia as part of the touring Swedish team that defeated Australia 3-2 in a 5 match test series.