Olli Tyrväinen
Appearance
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Born | Varkaus, Finland | 11 January 1960
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Nationality | Finnish |
Career history | |
Great Britain | |
1981, 1984, 1992 | Eastbourne Eagles |
1988 | Bradford Dukes |
1988 | Sheffield Tigers |
Sweden | |
1983 | Piraterna |
1985-1997 | Smederna |
Individual honours | |
1989 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Team honours | |
1989 | Allsvenskan Div 1 Champion |
Olli Tyrväinen (born 11 January 1960) is a Finnish former international speedway rider.[1]
Speedway career
[edit]Tyrväinen reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1989 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1981-1992, riding for various clubs.[3][4]
He has twice won the silver medal and twice won the bronze medal in the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship.[5]
World final appearances
[edit]Individual World Championship
[edit]- 1989 -
Munich, Olympic Stadium - 13th - 4pts
World Pairs Championship
[edit]- 1989 -
Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Kai Niemi) - 5th - 31pts
- 1990 -
Landshut, Ellermühle Stadium (with Kai Niemi) - 5th - 31pts
References
[edit]- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ^ "Individual Finnish Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 12 January 2023.