Torbjörn Harrysson

Torbjörn Harrysson (1943-2010) was a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider.^[1] He earned 26 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.^[2]

Torbjörn Harrysson

Born	(1943-07-14)14 July 1943 Visby, Sweden
Died	15 August 2010(2010-08-15) (aged 67)
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Sweden
1965	Taxarna
1966-1969	Vargarna
1972	Bysarna
Great Britain
1967, 1968	Newport Wasps
Individual honours
1966, 1968, 1969	Speedway World Championship finalist
1969	Nordic Champion
Team honours
1967	World Team Cup Winner
1968	World Pairs Champion
1972	Allsvenskan Champion

Speedway career

Harrysson was a leading speedway rider in the 1960s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on three occasions; in the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[3][4]

He won the silver medal in 1968 and bronze medal in 1967 at the Swedish Championship.^[5]

Harrysson helped Sweden win the World Team Cup in 1967 as well as the Speedway World Pairs Championship in 1968.

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1967 until 1968, riding for Newport Wasps.^[6][7]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1966 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 5th - 10pts
• 1968 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 6th – 10pts
• 1969 - London, Wembley Stadium - 14th - 4pts

World Pairs Championship

• 1968* - Kempten (with Ove Fundin) - Winner - 24pts (10)

* Unofficial World Championships.

World Team Cup

• 1967 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion (with Ove Fundin / Göte Nordin / Bengt Jansson) - Winner - 32pts (6)
• 1968 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Ove Fundin / Anders Michanek / Olle Nygren / Bengt Jansson) - 2nd - 30pts (2)