Björn Knutsson

Björn Knutsson

Born	1938 Sweden
Nationality	Sweden
Current club information
Career status	Retired
Career history
1957-1966	Vargarna (SWE)
1959-1963	Southampton Saints
1964	West Ham Hammers
Individual honours
1965	World Champion
1962, 1963	European Champion
1962, 1964	Nordic Champion
1961, 1963	Swedish Champion
1965	European Long Track Champion
1960, 1962, 1963	Pride of the East winner
1964	The Laurels
Team honours
1960, 1962, 1963, 1964	World Team Cup
1962	National League Champion
1961	National League KO Cup Winner
1961	National Trophy Winner
1960, 1961	Allsvenskan Champion
1964	Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion

Björn Knutsson (born 1938 Sweden) is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1965 and was a four-time winner of the World Team Cup. ^[1]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1961 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 2nd - 12pts + 3pts
• 1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 10pts + 2pts
• 1963 - London, Wembley Stadium - 2nd - 13pts
• 1964 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 5th - 10pts
• 1965 - London, Wembley Stadium - Winner - 14pts
• 1966 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 10th - 5pts

World Team Cup

• 1960 - Gothenburg, Ullevi (with Ove Fundin / Rune Sörmander / Olle Nygren) - Winner - 44pts (9)
• 1961 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Rune Sörmander / Ove Fundin / Per-Tage Svensson / Soren Sjosten) - 2nd - 30pts (7)
• 1962 - Slaný (with Ove Fundin / Sören Sjösten / Göte Nordin / Rune Sörmander) - Winner - 36pts (10)
• 1963 - Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Ove Fundin / Per-Olof Söderman / Göte Nordin / Rune Sörmander) - Winner - 37pts (11)
• 1964 - Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Ove Fundin / Göte Nordin / Rune Sörmander / Sören Sjösten) - Winner - 34pts (11)
• 1965 - Kempten (with Ove Fundin / Bengt Jansson / Göte Nordin) - 2nd - 33pts (11)
• 1966 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Ove Fundin / Leif Enecrona / Göte Nordin / Leif Larsson) - 3rd - 22pts (11)

References

Speedway World Champions
1936 - L. Van Praag 1937 - J Milne 1938 - B. Wilkinson 1949 - T. Price 1950 - F. Williams 1951 - J. Young 1952 - J. Young 1953 - F. Williams 1954 - R. Moore 1955 - P. Craven 1956 - O. Fundin 1957 - B. Briggs 1958 - B. Briggs 1959 - R. Moore 1960 - O. Fundin 1961 - O. Fundin 1962 - P. Craven 1963 - O. Fundin 1964 - B. Briggs 1965 - B. Knutsson 1966 - B. Briggs 1967 - O. Fundin 1968 - I. Mauger 1969 - I. Mauger 1970 - I. Mauger 1971 - O. Olsen 1972 - I. Mauger 1973 - J. Szczakiel 1974 - A. Michanek 1975 - O. Olsen 1976 - P. Collins 1977 - I. Mauger 1978 - O. Olsen 1979 - I. Mauger 1980 - M. Lee 1981 - B. Penhall 1982 - B. Penhall 1983 - E. Müller 1984 - E. Gundersen 1985 - E. Gundersen 1986 - H. Nielsen 1987 - H. Nielsen 1988 - E. Gundersen 1989 - H. Nielsen 1990 - P. Jonsson 1991 - J. Pedersen 1992 - G. Havelock 1993 - S. Ermolenko 1994 - T. Rickardsson 1995 - H. Nielsen 1996 - B. Hamill 1997 - G. Hancock 1998 - T. Rickardsson 1999 - T. Rickardsson 2000 - M. Loram 2001 - T. Rickardsson 2002 - T. Rickardsson 2003 - N. Pedersen 2004 - J. Crump 2005 - T. Rickardsson 2006 - J. Crump 2007 - N. Pedersen 2008 - N. Pedersen 2009 - J. Crump 2010 - T. Gollob 2011 - G. Hancock 2012 - C. Holder 2013 - T. Woffinden 2014 - G. Hancock 2015 - T. Woffinden 2016 - G. Hancock