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Conny Samuelsson (born 15 August 1947) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He earned 9 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.

Speedway career

Samuelsson won the silver medal at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in the 1977 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship. He had won a bronze medal the previous year in the 1976 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1969 riding for Oxford Cheetahs. It was the only club outside of the Njudungarna team that he ever rode for, although he was allocated to Sheffield Tigers in 1971 but the deal did not materialise. He spent 35 years riding for Njudungarna.

World final appearances

Ice World Championship

• 1975 – Moscow, 3rd – 26pts
• 1976 – Assen, 2nd – 26pts
• 1977 – Inzell, 5th – 19pts
• 1978 – Assen, 13th – 5pts

References

1. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
2. "Conny Samuelsson". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
3. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
4. "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
5. "Back to league business". Motherwell Times. 30 May 1969. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
7. "Swedish problem settled". Star Green 'un. 27 March 1971. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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