Sören Sjösten

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Sören Sjösten

Nationality	Sweden
Date of birth	12 December 1938
Place of birth	Krylbo, Sweden
Date of death	1999
Current club information
Career status	Retired
Career history
Folkare MK (SWE) Vargarna (SWE) Belle Vue Aces Masarna (SWE) Bysarna (SWE) Birmingham Brummies	1958-1959 1960-1968 1962-1964, 1967-1975 1969-1970, 1979 1971-1978 1976
Individual honours
Swedish Junior Champion	1959
Team honours
World Team Cup Winner World Pairs Champion Swedish League Champion Swedish Pairs Champion British League Champion British League KO Cup Winner	1962, 1964, 1970 1974 1960, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1975 1964, 1968, 1977 1970, 1971, 1972 1972, 1973, 1975

Sören Willy Ernfrid Sjösten (born 12 December 1938,^[1] Krylbo, Sweden, died 1999)^[2] was a motorcycle speedway rider. He won the world pairs championship in 1974 with Anders Michanek and became world team champion three times representing Sweden, in 1962, 1964 and 1970. Sjösten also appeared in six individual World Championship Finals with two bronze medals as best result. Both third places was received after losing race-off heats for silver medal, the first time to Barry Briggs and the second time to Ivan Mauger^[3]

Sjösten rode for Masarna, Vargarna and Bysarna in the Swedish leagues and for Belle Vue Aces in the British league. He was often very fast from the gate and he could sometimes be riding rough on his opponents.^[4]

He retired after his brother Christer was killed in a meeting in Brisbane, Australia^[5] in 1979.

Soren Sjosten

World final appearances

1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - 9th - 8pts
1965 - London, Wembley Stadium - 7th - 9pts
1969 - London, Wembley Stadium - 3rd - 11pts
1970 - Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium - 4th - 9pts
1971 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 8th - 8pts
1974 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 3rd - 11pts

References

↑ Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ "Sören Sjösten" (in Swedish). Katrineholms-Kuriren. 1999-04-16.
↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
↑ "Kolstybben - Sören Sjösten". 2007-05-19.
↑ "Motorsport Memorial".

External links

Belle Vue Ace: Sören Sjösten

Persondata
Name	Sjosten, Soren Willy Ernfrid
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish speedway rider
Date of birth	12 December 1938
Place of birth	Krylbo, Sweden
Date of death	1999
Place of death

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