Stig Pramberg
Born23 April 1921 (1921-04-23)
Lund, Sweden
Died15 September 1996(1996-09-15) (aged 75)
Degeberga, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
1948–1954, 1958–1959Vargarna
1955–1957Filbyterna
Individual honours
1952Continental final bronze medal
Team honours
1949, 1951, 1953, 1954League champion

Stig Allan Pramberg (23 April 1921 – 15 September 1996) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2] He was a member of the Sweden national speedway team.

Biography

He won four League championships with Vargarna in 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1954.[3]

During 1950, he was ranked the number two Swedish rider behind Olle Nygren.[4]

He also reached the Championship round of the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship, which included a third-place finish in the Continental Speedway final in 1952.[5] It was in 1952, that he also took a role as a speedway rider in a film called Dangerous Curve.[2]

In 1958, he reached the final of the 1958 Individual Long Track European Championship.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Stig Pramberg". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Stig Pramberg". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. "Swedish Speedway History in Figures". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. "Speedway Racing". Staffordshire Sentinel. 6 April 1950. Retrieved 5 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Bradley joins Nygren in World final". Bristol Evening Post. 27 August 1953. Retrieved 5 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.