Hasse Holmqvist
Born (1945-06-18) 18 June 1945
Avesta, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1962-1963Folkare
1964-1965, 1969-1971Masarna
1966-1967Taxarna
1968-1969, 1971-1972Vargarna
1973-1981, 1983Indianerna
Great Britain
1967-1968Wolverhampton Wolves
1970, 1973, 1975Oxford Cheetahs
Individual honours
1968, 1969Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1973Allsvenskan Div 2 West Champion

Hans Ulof Holmqvist (born 18 June 1945) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1] During his career he was known as Hasse Holmqvist.[2]

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.[3]

He won the silver medal in 1975 and bronze medal in 1968 at the Swedish Championship.[4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1967 until 1975, riding for Wolverhampton Wolves and Oxford Cheetahs.[5]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

References

  1. "Hasse Holmqvist profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.


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