Christer Löfqvist Explained

Christer Löfqvist
Nationality:Swedish
Birth Date:4 June 1944
Birth Place:Visby, Sweden
Career1:Sweden
Years2:1967-1975
Career2:Bysarna
Years3:1976
Career3:Njudungarna
Career4:Great Britain
Years5:1970-1971
Career5:West Ham Hammers
Years6:1972-1973
Career6:Poole Pirates
Years7:1975
Career7:Hackney Hawks
Indivyear1:1967
Indivhonour1:Swedish U21 champion
Teamyear1:1971, 1972, 1975, 1976
Teamhonour1:Allsvenskan Champion
Teamyear2:1970
Teamhonour2:Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion
Teamyear3:1969
Teamhonour3:Allsvenskan Div 3 East Champion
Teamyear4:1971
Teamhonour4:Swedish Pairs Champion

Christer Löfqvist (4 June 1944 in Visby, Gotland, Sweden – 1 February 1978) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1] He earned 42 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[2]

Career

Löfqvist reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1974.[3] In the Swedish Speedway Team Championship he rode for Bysarna and Njudungarna.[4]

He competed in Great Britain for West Ham Hammers, Poole Pirates,[5] and the Hackney Hawks.[1] [6]

Family and death

His son Dennis Löfqvist was also an international speedway rider. Christer Löfqvist was diagnosed with a brain tumour and died in 1978 aged 33.[7]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

Notes and References

  1. Book: Oakes, Peter . Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE . Ivan Mauger. Who's Who of World Speedway . Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd . 1976 . 0-904584-04-6 .
  2. Web site: Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 7 September 2024.
  3. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
  4. News: Super Swede . Peterborough Standard . 9 April 1976 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 19 September 2024.
  5. News: International . Rugby Advertiser . 7 July 1972 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 7 September 2024.
  6. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 15 August 2023.
  7. Fenn, C. (2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.