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]
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]
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]