Olle Nygren earned 90 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.
10 Facts About Olle Nygren
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Olle Nygren was the inaugural Swedish Champion during the 1949 Swedish speedway season.
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Olle Nygren helped his Swedish team Vargarna win the Swedish Speedway Team Championship.
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Olle Nygren started riding in Great Britain during the 1951 Speedway National League, when he joined the Harringay Racers.
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Olle Nygren soon established himself as a leading rider, recording exceptional averages for New Cross Rangers and then Bristol Bulldogs during the 1953 Speedway National League season.
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Olle Nygren returned to British speedway in 1960 and would ride until the end of the 1975 season, regularly topping the team averages.
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Olle Nygren would ride for Swindon Robins, Norwich Stars, West Ham Hammers, Ipswich Witches, Coventry Bees and King's Lynn Stars.
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Olle Nygren died in Ipswich at the age of 91, after contracting COVID-19; he had previously been treated for laryngeal cancer.
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In 1962, Olle Nygren took part in a minor Formula One race, the Kanonloppet, at the Karlskoga Circuit at Karlskoga in his home country of Sweden.
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Olle Nygren drove a Lotus 18 loaned to him by American driver Jay Chamberlain.