Английская Википедия:Birger Forsberg

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Birger Forsberg (born 25 September 1930 – 31 August 2007) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He earned 19 international caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[1][2]

Biography

Forsberg, born in Skellefteå, Sweden, raced from 1952 to 1960 for Monarkerna during his Swedish career.[3] His first visits to Britain included a British Easter tour in 1955[4] and a 1956 April tour of Britain.[5]

He began his British leagues career riding for Rayleigh Rockets during the 1957 Speedway National League season.[6] He left Rayleigh for Poole Pirates in 1958 and stayed with the south coast team for two seasons recording averages of 7.11 and 6.85 respectively.[7]

In 1960, he joined Ipswich Witches for his final season in British speedway.[8]

He was a prominent rider during the qualification rounds of the Speedway World Championship throughout the 1950s and participated in the inaugural 1957 Individual Long Track European Championship final.[9]

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