Sören Sjösten

Infobox Speedway rider
ridername= Sören Sjösten


nationality = flagicon|Sweden Sweden
dateofbirth = 12 December 1938
dateofdeath = 1999
cityofbirth = Krylbo
countryofbirth = Sweden
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retired = Retired
career = Folkare MK (SWE)
Vargarna (SWE)
Belle Vue Aces
Masarna (SWE)
Bysarna (SWE)
Birmingham Brummies
years = 1958-1959
1960-1968
1962-1964, 1967-1975
1969-1970, 1979
1971-1978
1976
indivhonour = Swedish Junior Champion
indivyear = 1959
teamhonour = World Team Cup Winner
World Pairs Champion
Swedish League Champion
Swedish Pairs Champion
teamyear = 1962, 1964, 1970
1974
1960, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1975
1964, 1968, 1977

Sören Willy Ernfrid Sjösten (born 12 December 1938,cite book
last = Oakes
first = Peter
authorlink =
coauthors = Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE
title = Who's Who of World Speedway
publisher = Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd
date = 1976
location =
pages =
url =
doi =
id =
isbn = 0-904584-04-6 ] Krylbo, Sweden, died 1999) [cite news | title = Sören Sjösten | language = Swedish | publisher = Katrineholms-Kuriren | date = 1999-04-16 | url = http://www.kkuriren.se/hermes/article/KK_19990416_SID_8_1_3.html] was a motorcycle speedway rider. He won the world pairs championship in 1974 with Anders Michanek and became world team champion three times representing Sweden, in 1962, 1964 and 1970. Sjösten also appeared in six individual world finals with two bronze medals as best result. Both third places was received after losing race-off heats for silver medal, the first time to Barry Briggs and the second time to Ivan Mauger [Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). "A History of the World Speedway Championship". Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5]

Sjösten rode for Masarna, Vargarna and Bysarna in the Swedish leagues and for Belle Vue Aces in the British league. He was often very fast from the gate and he could sometimes be riding rough on his opponents [cite web | title = Kolstybben - Sören Sjösten| date = 2007-05-19| url = http://kolstybben.blogspot.com/2007/05/sren-sjsten.html] .

He retired after his brother Christer was killed in a meeting in Brisbane, Australia [cite web | title = Motorsport Memorial| url = http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ms&n=2321] in 1979.

World Final Appearances

* 1962 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 9th - 8pts
* 1965 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 7th - 9pts
* 1969 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 3rd - 11pts
* 1970 - Flag|POL Wroclaw - 4th - 9pts
* 1971 - Flag|SWE Gothenburg - 8th - 8pts
* 1974 - Flag|SWE Gothenburg - 3rd - 11pts

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