Olle Segerström
Born6 June 1927 (1927-06-06) (age 96)
Valö, Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1949Kuggarna
1950Griparna
1951–1954Smederna
1955–1960Kaparna
1961Piraterna
Great Britain
1953Belle Vue

Anders Olof Segerström (born 6 June 1927) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. During his speedway career he rode as Olle Segerström. He earned two international caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[1][2]

Biography

Segerström, born in Valö, Stockholm, rode for Kuggarna and then Griparna and Smederna in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship before being signed to ride in Britain. He only rode one season in Britain, when riding for Belle Vue Aces during the 1953 Speedway National League season,[3] averaging a disappointing 2.00 from just four matches.[4]

He had however raced with the first Swedish team to tour Britain in 1951[5] and was subject to a failed attempt by Stoke Potters to secure his services in 1952.[6] He later reached the Championship round of the 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship and 1954 Individual Speedway World Championship.[7]

He continued to race in Sweden, spending five years with Kaparna from 1955 to 1960 and a season with Piraterna in 1961.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "History Speedway and Longtrack". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "1953 season". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Marks' efforts in vain". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 25 March 1951. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Bill Harris to ride in Sweden". Staffordshire Sentinel. 3 April 1952. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Tommy Miller's maximum". Liverpool Evening Express. 7 July 1953. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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