13 Facts About Tony Rickardsson

Tony Rickardsson competed in the Speedway World Championships from 1989 to 2006 and won six Speedway World Championship titles in 15 attempts.

Tony Rickardsson earned 43 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.

In 2011, Rickardsson was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.

Tony Rickardsson was lucky to actually make the 1991 World Final after having missed qualifying when he finished 10th in the Nordic Final in Denmark, but got his chance when as first reserve he replaced injured English rider Andy Smith for the World Semi-final in Germany and ended up finishing a strong 5th to qualify for the Final.

Tony Rickardsson won the 1992 and 1994 World Team Cup Championships as a member of the powerful Swedish teams which included 1990 World Champion Per Jonsson, Henrik Gustafsson, 1988 World Under-21 champ Peter Nahlin, Jimmy Nilsen and Mikael Karlsson.

Tony Rickardsson won the Elite League Riders' Championship, held at the Abbey Stadium on 11 October 1998.

Tony Rickardsson won three of six events in 1998, including a home win in Linkoping, and ended up beating fellow Swede Jimmy Nilsen by 12 points.

However, Gollob ran into trouble in the fourth race at Coventry, being forced to retire after the introductory stages and finishing eighth, meaning that Tony Rickardsson caught up 15 points in one race.

Tony Rickardsson continued to win titles throughout the new century, although Mark Loram won the 2000 World Championship despite not winning a single event.

Tony Rickardsson managed to win at home in the next Grand Prix series in 2002, which gave him three individual wins as he won his fifth World Championship.

Tony Rickardsson followed this up with another extremely strong season in 2005.

Tony Rickardsson was a contestant on the TV4 television show Let's Dance 2008 in which he finished 2nd.

In 2024, Tony Rickardsson was honoured by Carl XVI Gustaf for merits in Swedish sport.