Christer Löfqvist

Christer Löfqvist
Christer Löfqvist
Personal information
Nationality  Sweden
Date of birth 4 June 1944
Place of birth    Visby, Sweden
Date of death    1 February 1978(1978-02-01) (aged 33)
Current club information
Career status Retired
Career history
Bysarna (SWE)
West Ham Hammers
Poole Pirates
Hackney Hawks
Njudungarna (SWE)		 1965-1975
1970-1971
1972-1973
1975
1976
Individual honours
Swedish Junior Champion 1967
Team honours
Swedish Pairs Champion 1971

Christer Löfqvist (born 4 June 1944 in Visby, Gotland, Sweden - died 1 February 1978) was a former international speedway rider[1] who reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1974.[2]

He rode in Britain for West Ham Hammers, Poole Pirates, and the Hackney Hawks.[1]

Contents

World Final Appearances

Death

Löfqvist was diaganosed with a brain tumour and died in 1978 aged thirty-three.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6. 
  2. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
  3. ^ Fenn, C.(2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2737-7

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