Freddie Eriksson

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Personal Information
Freddie Eriksson

Nationality	Sweden
Date of birth	April 23, 1981 (1981-04-23) (age 27)
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Current Club Information
British League	Poole Pirates
Polish League	KŻ Orzeł Łódź
Swedish League	Griparna and Hammarby
Career History
King's Lynn Stars (GBR) Ipswich Witches (GBR) Oxford Cheetahs (GBR) Poole Pirates (GBR)		2001, 2002 2003 2005, 2006, 2007 2008
Individual Honours
Swedish Under 21 Champion	2002
Team Honours

Freddie Ove Eriksson (born April 23rd 1981 in Stockholm, Sweden)^[1] is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider currently riding for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League. In 2002 Eriksson became the Swedish Under 21 Speedway Champion.^[2]

1 Career Summary
2 World Final appearances
- 2.1 World U-21 Championship
3 Speedway Grand Prix Results
4 References

[edit] Career Summary

Eriksson began his British speedway career in 2001 with King’s Lynn with whom he had two relatively successful seasons scoring over 400 points in 71 appearances. In 2003 he joined Ipswich on loan late on in the season and only made 14 appearances that year.

Eriksson’s parent club, Oxford, recalled Eriksson for the end of the 2005 season. However, at the start of the 2006 season Eriksson found himself under-performing for Oxford and he was released after only 13 meetings.^[3]

Eriksson started the 2007 season back at Oxford but once again he was unable to complete a full season in the UK after Oxford were forced to close down their Elite League team at the end of May due to financial problems.^[4]

Eriksson did not expect to ride in the British Elite League in 2008 due to losing a large amount of money when Oxford were forced to shut down.^[5] However, after Poole were unable to sign Craig Watson due to a mix up with his Green Sheet average, the Poole promotion turned their attention to Eriksson.^[6] Eriksson signed for Poole on loan from the BSPA, who took ownership of his contract after Oxford closed down, in January 2008 on an average of 3.06 which he obtained in 2006 as Oxford's 2007 results were expunged from the records.^[6] On the 8th April 2008, Poole signed Eriksson on a permanent deal from the BSPA after he made an impresive start to the 2008 season for the Pirates.^[7]

[edit] World Final appearances

[edit] World U-21 Championship

[edit] Speedway Grand Prix Results

2002 Speedway Grand Prix - 32nd place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		32nd	3	Riding No (24)
5 /10	Swedish SGP	20th	3	-	24

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

[edit] References

^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
^ Eriksson Fact File. WorldSpeedway.com (8 Jan 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
^ Eriksson Rider Profile. Official Poole Speedway Website. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
^ Oxford Closure - Full Statement. British Speedway Promoters' Association (31 May 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
^ Freddie couldn't resist Pirates. Bournemouth Daily Echo (9th January 2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
^ ^a ^b Freddie is Ford's seventh star. Bournemouth Daily Echo (8th January 2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
^ Eriksson's Pirates move permanent. BSPA (9th April 2008). Retrieved on 2008-04-09.

v • d • e Poole Pirates Squad 2008 (British Elite League)

Bjarne Pedersen (c) • Davey Watt • Chris Holder • Magnus Zetterstrom • Adam Skórnicki • Freddie Eriksson • Daniel Davidsson Manager: Neil Middleditch