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| Born | (1945-06-18) 18 June 1945 (age 79) Avesta, Sweden |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Career history | |
| Sweden | |
| 1962-1963 | Folkare |
| 1964-1965, 1969-1971 | Masarna |
| 1966-1967 | Taxarna |
| 1968-1969, 1971-1972 | Vargarna |
| 1973-1981, 1983 | Indianerna |
| Great Britain | |
| 1967-1968 | Wolverhampton Wolves |
| 1970, 1973, 1975 | Oxford Cheetahs |
| Individual honours | |
| 1968, 1969 | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| Team honours | |
| 1973 | Allsvenskan Div 2 West Champion |
Hans Ulof Holmqvist (born 18 June 1945) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider. During his career he was known as Hasse Holmqvist. He earned 30 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.
Speedway career
Holmqvist was a leading speedway rider in the late 1960s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship.
He won the silver medal in 1975 and bronze medal in 1968 at the Swedish Championship.
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1967 until 1975. He rode for Wolverhampton Wolves from 1967 to 1968 and Oxford Cheetahs in 1970, 1973 and 1975.
World final appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1968 –
Gothenburg, Ullevi – 8th – 9pts - 1969 –
London, Wembley Stadium – 5th – 10pts
World Pairs Championship
- 1972 - Borås, Ryavallen (with Bernt Persson) - 3rd - 22pts (9)
Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
References
- "Hasse Holmqvist profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- "Wolves hopes of having Guasco in action Down Under". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 27 February 1967. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Injury hit Diamonds take on the Wolves". Buckinghamshire Examiner. 25 July 1975. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Flying Sweden and skipper came to the rescue". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 12 April 1967. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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