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Per Tage Svensson

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Per Tage Svensson
Born16 October 1931 (1931-10-16)
Falköping, Sweden
Died26 May 2008(2008-05-26) (aged 76)
Mullsjö, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1950-1951Falkarna
1952Knallarna
1953-1958Filbyterna
1959-1961Vargarna
1962-1965Dackarna
1966-1967Örnarna
Great Britain
1962Oxford Cheetahs
Individual honours
1963Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1960, 1961, 1962Allsvenskan Champion

Per Tage Svensson (16 October 1931 – 26 May 2008) also spelt Per Thage Svensson was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2] He earned 14 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[3]

Speedway career

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Svensson reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship.[4]

He rode for Oxford Cheetahs during the 1962 Speedway National League.[5][6]

World final appearances

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Individual World Championship

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World Team Cup

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References

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  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "WESTGÖTARNAS IDROTTSHISTORIA magazine, page 22" (PDF). wi tidningen /. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  4. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Tag's test". Sunday Mirror. 20 May 1962. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 August 2023.