Antonio Lindbäck

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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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. But in 2008, Lindback was deciding to return to speedway, starting in a lower league in Sweden but is now back in the highest Swedish division.[3][4]

Current clubs

At the end of the 2007 season Antonio Lindbäck announced that he retired, but made a quick comeback competing for Vargarna in the Swedish second division allsvenskan and he was a major force in bringing the club to the playoff finale. Before the start of the 2009 season he moved to another club called Piraterna.[5] He is also included in the Swedish national team.[6]

And Antonio has also been qualified to the Grand Prix-series for the season of 2011.

Speedway Grand Prix results

2004 Speedway Grand Prix - 38th place
Final Championship standings: 38th 2 Riding No (24)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
6 /9 Scandinavian SGP 22 2 (0,1) 24
2005 Speedway Grand Prix - 10th place
Final Championship standings: 10th 71 Riding No (14)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /9 European SGP 4 16 (2,2,3,0,1) +2 +0) 13
2 /9 Swedish SGP 6 8 (2,1,2,0,3) +1 8
3 /9 Slovenian SGP 12 3 (1,0,0,0,2) +3 14
4 /9 British SGP 7 8 (T,3,1,1,3) +1 7
5 /9 Danish SGP 3 18 (1,3,2,2,2) +3 +1 5
6 /9 Czech Rep. SGP 12 6 (2,0,1,2,X) 4
7 /9 Scandinavian SGP 10 7 (2,1,1,2,1 10
8 /9 Polish SGP 16 0 (0,0,0,0,0) 3
9 /9 Italian SGP 13 5 (1,0,1,3,-) 16
2006 Speedway Grand Prix - 10th place
Final Championship standings: 10th 86 Riding No (10)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /10 Slovenian SGP 7 9 (1,2,1,2,3) +0 9
2 /10 European SGP 16 2 (0,0,0,2,0) 3
3 /10 Swedish SGP 10 6 (3,0,0,1,2) 2
4 /10 British SGP 9 8 (0,3,1,3,1) 10
5 /10 Danish SGP 4 16 (2,2,2,2,2) +2 +0 5
6 /10 Italian SGP 14 4 (t,1,1,0,2) 3
7 /10 Scandinavian SGP 15 3 (2,0,1,F,0) 14
8 /10 Czech Rep. SGP 3 18 (3,1,1,F,3) +3 +1 1
9 /10 Latvian SGP 2 20 (3,2,3,3,2) +3 +2 12
10 /10 Polish SGP 14 3 (0,3,E,0,0) 16
2007 Speedway Grand Prix - 15th place
Final Championship standings: 15th 31 Riding No (10)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /11 Italian SGP 14 3 (1,1,0,1,0) 12
2 /11 European SGP 17 0 (0,0,0,0,0) 9
3 /11 Swedish SGP 17 3 (0,0,1,1,1 13
4 /11 Danish SGP 7 9 (3,2,0,3,1) +X 2
5 /11 British SGP 9 7 (3,2,1,1,0) 13
6 /11 Czech Rep. SGP 17 0 (0,0,0,-,-) 4
7 /11 Scandinavian SGP 14 3 (1,2,0,0,0) 9
8 /11 Latvian SGP 18 0 (X,-,-,-,-) 13
9 /11 Polish SGP 10 5 (0,0,1,3,1) 7
10 /11 Slovenian SGP 16 1 (0,0,1,0,0) 8
11 /11 German SGP retired → (19) Peter Karlsson 10
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

SGP Podium

  1. Copenhagen 2005 - 3rd place
  2. Prague 2006 - 3rd place
  3. Daugavpils 2006 - 2nd place
  4. Gothenburg 2009 - 3rd place

See also

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 0-7524-4250-3. 
  3. ^ "Lindback set to quit". Sky Sports. 2007-10-03. http://msnsport.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12268_2775731,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-26. 
  4. ^ "Lindback retires from speedway". Daily Echo. 8 November 2007. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/topsport/display.var.1820028.0.lindback_retires_from_speedway.php. Retrieved 2007-12-03. 
  5. ^ http://svt.se/2.21335/1.1717043/notiser_malmo_byter_tranare?lid=senasteNytt_798130&lpos=rubrik_1717043
  6. ^ Svensktrio vann bronsmatch i Polen

External links

2011 Speedway Grand Prix riders
1 Gollob 2 Hampel 3 Crump 4 Holta 5 Hancock
6 Harris 7 Bjerre 8 Holder 9 Jonsson 10 Pedersen
11 Lindgren 12 Sayfutdinov 13 Laguta 14 Lindbäck 15 Kołodziej

Seniors: Andreas Jonsson (c) • Tomasz Chrzanowski • Antonio Lindbäck • Krzysztof Buczkowski • Jonas Davidsson • Marcin Jędrzejewski • Daniel Davidsson
Juniors (U-21): Emil Sayfutdinov • Damian Adamczak • Jonas Andersson • Mikołaj Curyło • Mirosław Konieczny • Szymon Woźniak

Coach: Plech

Simon Stead • James Wright • Joe Screen (c) • Kevin Doolan • Antonio Lindback • Adam Skórnicki • Billy Forsberg
Also Rode: Ben Wilson • Ryan Fisher • Kaj Laukkanen

Manager: Eric Boocock