Gunnar Malmqvist
Born (1940-12-25) 25 December 1940
Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1961-1970, 1972-1976Njudungarna
Great Britain
1967Exeter Falcons
Individual honours
1968Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1976Allsvenskan Champion
1966, 1975Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion

Gunnar Malmqvist (born 25 December 1940) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2]

Speedway career

Malmqvist 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.[3]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway during the 1967 British League season, riding for Exeter Falcons.[4][5]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

References

  1. "Gunnar Malmqvist 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. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. "Exeter Falcons Riders - M". Cyber Motorcycles. Retrieved 4 July 2021.


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