Antonio Lindbäck
| Antonio Lindbäck | ||
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nationality |  Sweden | |
| Date of birth | 5 May 1985 | |
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Nickname | Anton, Rio Rocket | |
| Website | Official Website | |
| Current club information | ||
| Polish league | Orzeł Łódź | |
| Swedish league | Indianerna and Masarna | |
| Danish league | Outrup | |
| Russian league | Turbina | |
| Career history | ||
| Sweden Masarna Vargarna Piraterna Indianerna |
2001-2007 2008 2009-2010 2011- | |
| Speedway Grand Prix statistics | ||
| 2009 Number | 16 | |
| Starts | 68 | |
| Podiums | 10 (2-1-7) | |
| Finalist | 13 time | |
| Winner | 2 times | |
| Individual honours | ||
| European Under-19 Champion Scandinavian Under-21 Champion |
2004 2005 | |
| Team honours | ||
| Speedway World Cup | 2004 | |
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]
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 became the European Under-19 Champion in 2004 and Scandinavian Under-21 Champion in 2005.
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 had decided to retire from speedway. But in 2008, Lindbäck was deciding to return to speedway, starting in the second league in Sweden. He continued his professional career in 2009.
Lindbäck won his first Grand Prix in the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy in Terenzano.[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]
Lindbäck was qualified to the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix via the Grand Prix Challenge.
Speedway Grand Prix results
| Final Championship standings: | 38th | 2 | Riding No (24) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw No | |
| 6 /9 |  Scandinavian SGP |
22 | 2 | (0,1) | 24 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Final Championship standings: | 16th | 27 | Riding No (16) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw No | |
| 3 /11 | Swedish SGP |
3 | 17 | (2,2,3,2,3) +3 +0 | 9 |
| 7 /11 | Scandinavian SGP |
6 | 10 | (3,1,1,2,2) +1 | 1 |
| Final Championship standings: | 20th | 6 | Riding No (16) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw No | |
| 3 /11 | Swedish SGP |
12 | 6 | (1,1,1,0,3) | 3 |
| Final Championship standings: | 12th | 72 | Riding No (14) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw No | |
| 1 /11 | European SGP |
15 | 1 | (1,0,0,0,0) | 15 |
| 2 /11 | Swedish SGP |
3 | 9 | (3,3,3,F,-) | 4 |
| 3 /11 | Czech Rep. SGP |
12 | 6 | (1,1,1,2,1) | 4 |
| 4 /11 | Danish SGP |
14 | 5 | (3,0,0,1,1) | 3 |
| 5 /11 | British SGP |
15 | 3 | (2,2,2,2,2) +2 +0 | 10 |
| 6 /11 | Italian SGP |
3 | 17 | (3,0,0,0,0) | 9 |
| 7 /11 | Scandinavian SGP |
11 | 7 | (2,0,1,2,2) | 11 |
| 8 /11 | Polish SGP |
4 | 12 | (0,3,2,3,2) +2 +0 | 11 |
| 9 /11 | Nordic SGP |
11 | 6 | (3,1,2,0,0) | 4 |
| 10 /11 |  Croatian SGP |
16 | 3 | (1,0,0,1,1) | 3 |
| 11 /11 | Polish II SGP |
15 | 3 | (0,1,1,1,0) | 6 |
| Final Championship standings: | 7th | 122 | Riding No (12) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw No | |
| 1 /12 |  New Zealand SGP |
6 | 13 | (3,2,2,3,2) +1 | 10 |
| 2 /12 | European SGP |
14 | 4 | (1,0,1,2,X) | 10 |
| 3 /12 | Czech Rep. SGP |
8 | 6 | (0,3,3,0,2) +1 | 4 |
| 4 /12 | Swedish SGP |
12 | 5 | (3,0,1,0,1) | 8 |
| 5 /12 | Danish SGP |
16 | 3 | (2,0,0,1,0) | 15 |
| 6 /12 | Polish SGP |
12 | 6 | (1,3,0,1,1) | 4 |
| 7 /12 | Croatian SGP |
14 | 6 | (0,0,1,2,3) | 3 |
| 8 /12 | Italian SGP |
1 | 16 | (3,1,0,3,1) +2 +6 | 3 |
| 9 /12 | British SGP |
3 | 12 | (3,0,2,2,1) +2 +2 | 2 |
| 10 /12 | Scandinavian SGP |
3 | 18 | (1,3,3,3,3) +3 +2 | 12 |
| 11 /12 | Nordic SGP |
5 | 11 | (3,3,1,3,1) +0 | 3 |
| 12 /12 | Polish II SGP |
1 | 19 | (2,3,3,3,0) +2 +6 | 11 |
| Final Championship standings: | 15th | 51 | Riding No (6) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw No | |
| 1 /12 | New Zealand SGP |
13 | 6 | (1,0,2,3,0) | 16 |
| 2 /12 | European SGP |
15 | 3 | (0,2,0,1,0) | 14 |
| 3 /12 | Swedish SGP |
10 | 8 | (3,3,0,1,1) | 13 |
| 4 /12 | Czech Rep. SGP |
13 | 5 | (0,0,2,2,1) | 13 |
| 5 /12 | British SGP |
16 | 1 | (0,0,1,0,0) | 7 |
| 6 /12 | Polish SGP |
15 | 3 | (2,0,0,1,0) | 1 |
| 7 /12 | Danish SGP |
17 | 2 | (0,0,1,0,1) | 15 |
| 8 /12 | Italian SGP |
10 | 6 | (0,2,2,0,2) | 13 |
| 9 /12 | SGP |
16 | 1 | (1,0,0,0,T) | 4 |
| 10 /12 | SGP |
11 | 7 | (0,2,3,1,1) | 6 |
| 11 /12 | Scandinavian SGP |
13 | 3 | (1,0,1,0,1) | 3 |
| 12 /12 | Polish II SGP |
10 | 6 | (2,3,X,0,1) | 15 |
| permanent speedway rider | |
| wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve | |
| rider not classified (track reserve who did not start) |
SGP Podium
- Copenhagen 2005 - 3rd place
- Prague 2006 - 3rd place
- Daugavpils 2006 - 2nd place
- Gothenburg 2009 - 3rd place
- Gothenburg 2011 - 3rd place
- Terenzano 2011 - 3rd place
- Terenzano 2012 - 1st place
- Cardiff 2012 - 3rd place
- Målilla 2012 - 3rd place
- Toruń 2012 - 1st place
See also
References
- ↑ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
- ↑ Banford, Robert (2007-03-01). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-4250-3.
- ↑ "Lindback set to quit". Sky Sports. 2007-10-03. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ↑ "Lindback retires from speedway". Daily Echo. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ↑ http://svt.se/2.21335/1.1717043/notiser_malmo_byter_tranare?lid=senasteNytt_798130&lpos=rubrik_1717043
- ↑ Svensktrio vann bronsmatch i Polen