1. Per Jonsson earned 65 international caps for the Sweden national speedway team and represented Sweden in the World Team Cup on seven occasions between 1985 and 1993.
14 Facts About Per Jonsson
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Per Jonsson signed for his first British club the Reading Racers in 1984 and began racing for them during the 1984 British League season.
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Per Jonsson's career took off after he won the 1985 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship at Abensberg, West Germany.
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Per Jonsson would represent Sweden in the Speedway World Pairs Championship and the Speedway World Team Cup for the first time, in addition to winning a second league title with Getingarna.
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Per Jonsson became the Swedish Champion for the first time in 1986 and the following season won it again before making his first appearance in a World Final, in the 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship, held at Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium.
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Per Jonsson was now considered one of the leading riders in the world.
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Per Jonsson missed the 1989 British League season, preferring instead to enjoy the joys of fatherhood.
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Per Jonsson achieved the ultimate aim of all riders by winning the 1990 World Championship at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England, becoming Sweden's first Speedway World Champion since Anders Michanek.
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Per Jonsson made his third World Final by qualifying finishing 2nd in both the Scandinavian and Intercontinental Finals.
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Per Jonsson returned to Reading Racers, winning both the 1990 British League Championship and the British League Knockout Cup.
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Per Jonsson failed to place in the 1991 World Final at the Ullevi Stadium in Goteborg, finishing in 9th place.
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Per Jonsson then came back to win three of his last four rides to finish in a clear 2nd place behind England's Gary Havelock.
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Per Jonsson finally won the World Pairs Championship with Rickardsson and Gustafsson in 1993 in Vojens and won another bronze medal at the 1993 Speedway World Team Cup.
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Per Jonsson's career was cut short when a crash during a league meeting in Poland in 1994 left him using a wheelchair for the rest of his life.