Antonio Lindbäck

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Antonio Lindbäck (born 5 May 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)[1] is an international motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of the Swedish team who won the Speedway World Cup in 2004.[2]

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[edit] Career highlights

Lindbäck made his international debut in 2004 with firstly a wild card ride in the Speedway Grand Prix series but he made a bigger impression in the Speedway World Cup riding for the Swedish team.

He made his full SGP debut in 2005 finishing 10th both in that season and the subsequent 2006 championship.

Prior to the final 2007 Speedway Grand Prix round in Gelsenkirchen, it was announced that Lindbäck has decided to retire from speedway in order to sort out his drinking problem. Linback has decided to return to speedway, starting in a lower league in Sweden[3] [4].

[edit] Current clubs

Antonio Lindback retired from speedway, but is now returning in a lower league in Sweden.

[edit] Speedway Grand Prix results

  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider notclassify (track reserve who not started)

[edit] SGP Podium

  1. Flag of Denmark Copenhagen 2005 - 3rd place
  2. Flag of the Czech Republic Prague 2006 - 3rd place
  3. Flag of Latvia Daugavpils 2006 - 2nd place

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  2. ^ Banford, Robert (2007-03-01). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0752442503. 
  3. ^ Lindback set to quit. Sky Sports (2007-10-03). Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
  4. ^ Lindback retires from speedway. Daily Echo (8 November 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-03.

[edit] See also

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2008 Speedway Grand Prix riders
(1) Flag of Denmark N. Pedersen (2) Flag of Australia Adams (3) Flag of Australia Crump (4) Flag of Poland Gollob (5) Flag of Denmark Andersen
(6) Flag of the United States Hancock (7) Flag of Poland Holta (8) Flag of the United Kingdom Nicholls (9) Flag of the United Kingdom Harris (10) Flag of Sweden Jonsson
(11) Flag of Denmark B. Pedersen (12) Flag of Denmark Iversen (13) Flag of the Czech Republic L. Dryml (14) Flag of Poland K. Kasprzak (15) Flag of Sweden Lindgren
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