Joonas Kylmäkorpi Explained

Nationality:Finnish & Swedish
Birth Date:14 February 1980
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Nickname:the Flying Finn
Career1:Sweden
Years2:2002–2005
Career2:Kaparna
Years3:2006–2008
Career3:Hammarby
Years4:2010
Career4:Västervik
Years5:2011–2013
Career5:Indianerna
Years6:2014–2015
Career6:Dackarna
Years7:2016
Career11:Great Britain
Years12:2001, 2003–2004, 2010–2012, 2014
Career12:Eastbourne Eagles
Years13:2002
Career13:Ipswich Witches
Years14:2005, 2015
Career14:Coventry Bees
Years15:2006–2009
Career15:Lakeside Hammers
Years16:2013
Career16:Peterborough Panthers
Years17:2016
Career17:Wolverhampton Wolves
Career20:Poland
Years21:1999, 2006–2007
Career21:Gorzów
Years22:2000
Career22:Częstochowa
Years23:2001, 2008
Career23:Ostrów
Years24:2003
Career24:Leszno
Years25:2005
Career25:Lublin
Years26:2009
Career26:Gdańsk
Years27:2010
Career27:Rybnik
Years28:2012
Career28:Rzeszów
Years29:2013–2016
Career29:Daugavpils
Career30:Denmark
Years31:2000
Career31:Herning
Years32:2005
Career32:Brovst
Years33:2010–2011
Career33:Esbjerg
Years34:2015–2016
Career34:Region Varde
Indivyear1:2010, 2011
2012, 2013
Indivhonour1:Long Track World Champion
Indivyear2:1991
Indivhonour2:Swedish U21 champion
Indivyear3:2010
Indivhonour4:London Riders' Championship
Teamyear1:2009
Teamhonour1:Elite League KO Cup

Joonas Nikolai Kylmäkorpi (born 14 February 1980) is a Finnish former motorcycle speedway rider and is a four times Long Track World Champion.[1] [2] He earned 12 caps for the Finland national speedway team.[3]

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Nicknamed the Flying Finn, he represented Finland in the Speedway World Cup[4] and won a bronze medal at the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship in 2002.[5]

However, his real success has come on the longtrack where he won four World Championships in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013

Kylmäkorpi rode in the British leagues from 2001 to 2016, starting with Eastbourne Eagles in 2001.[6] At Eastbourne he replaced fellow Finnish rider Petri Kokko.[7] He finished his British leagues career at Eastbourne as their number one rider in 2012.[8]

Speedway honours

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix years

Best Grand-Prix results

Team championship

European Grasstrack Championship

Finalist2000 Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun 15pts (5th overall).

Personal life

After finishing his sports career in 2017 due to a career-ending injury in December 2016, Joonas Kylmäkorpi began pursuing entrepreneurship. In 2022 Kylmäkorpi co-founded a nicotine pouch manufacturing company with a factory in Poznań, Poland. In 2024, the company introduced their own brand, LUMI, and launched an online shop, TheLumiClub.com. [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joonas Kylmakorpi . WWOS backup . 10 January 2023.
  2. Web site: 2008 Rider index . British Speedway . 17 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 5 September 2024.
  4. Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who.
  5. Web site: Individual Finnish Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 12 January 2023.
  6. News: Eagles sign up young Swede . Mid Sussex Times . 1 February 2001 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2024.
  7. News: Tapes go up for the new-look Eagles . Eastbourne Herald . 23 March 2001 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 25 August 2024.
  8. Web site: Eastbourne Eagles number one Joonas Kylmakorpi departs . BBC Sport . 2 September 2024 .
  9. Web site: Lumi Club . The Lumi Club . 12 June 2024.