Anders Michanek at the 1975 Intercontinental Final
Born
(1943-05-30) 30 May 1943 (age 81) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality
Swedish
Career history
Sweden
1965–1966, 1984–1985
Gamarna
1967–1983
Getingarna
1989
Rospiggarna
Great Britain
1967
Long Eaton Archers
1968
Leicester Lions
1970
Newcastle Diamonds
1971–1973, 1975, 1981
Reading Racers
1977
Cradley Heathens
1979
Ipswich Witches
Individual honours
1974
World Champion
1977
Long Track World Champion
1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982
Swedish Champion[1]
1973
European Final winner
1967, 1973
Brandonapolis
1973
Pride of the East
1973
Blue Riband
1973
Spring Classic
1967
Olympique
1973
Superama
1973
Golden Gauntlets
Team honours
1973, 1974, 1975
World Pairs Champion
1970
World Team Champion
1973
British League Champion
1965, 1970, 1974, 1975
Swedish Pairs Champion
1967, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Allsvenskan Champion
1982, 1983
Elitserien Champion
1965
Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion
1972
Spring Gold Cup Winner
Anders Michanek (born 30 May 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden)[2] is a Speedway rider.[3] In 1974 he won the Speedway World Championship in his Swedish homeland with a maximum score of 15 points.[4][5]
^Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6.
^Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9
^Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
^Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 524. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
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controversy because AndersMichanek refused to pariticpate in a re-run and was disqualified. Michanekand Göte Nordin both finished on 14 points and in the race...
Ullevi occurred in 1974 when 38,390 turned out to see Sweden's own AndersMichanek win his only World Championship with an unbeaten 15 point maximum....
in Eskilstuna. AndersMichanek won the Swedish Championship for the fourth time. Winner - Lennart Bengtsson Getingarna won division 1 and were declared...
Speedway Championship final was held on 10 September in Eskilstuna. AndersMichanek won the Swedish Championship for the fifth time. Winner - Magnus Johnson...
1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the tenth time. The team included Richard Hellsén, AndersMichanekand Tommy...
on 29 September in Borås. AndersMichanek won the Swedish Championship. Winner - Tommy Pettersson Bysarna won division 1 and were declared the winners...
division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the eighth time. The team included AndersMichanekand Leif Enecrona...
included AndersMichanek, Bengt Jansson and Leif Enecrona . Örnarna won the second division, while Bysarna and Eldarna won the third division east and west...
September in Vetlanda. AndersMichanek won the Swedish Championship for the third time. Winner - Jan Davidsson Njudungarna won division 1 and were declared the...
September in Gothenburg. AndersMichanek won the Swedish Championship for the second time. Winner - Bo Jansson Bysarna won division 1 and were declared the winners...
the Getingarna team recruited well by gaining AndersMichanekand Leif Enecrona to support Göte Nordin and Bengt Jansson. Four divisions returned for the...
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first Intercontinental Final winner, defeating reigning World Champion AndersMichanek by two points at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg. Another Swede Bernt...
dominance of Belle Vue Aces who could only finish in sixth place. Swede AndersMichanek was in imperious form, going undefeated at Reading Stadium (which was...
Most Grand-Prix Wins Gerd Riss & Joonas Kylmäkorpi 16 Records up to date and including the 2023 Grand Prix series. Motorcycle speedway Team Long Track...
and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time. The Smederna team included Tommy Jansson, Göte Nordin and...
speedway. The Final was won by Swedish rider AndersMichanek. He defeated West Germany's Hans Seigl and Denmark's own speedway hero Ole Olsen. On the...
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