Anders Mellgren

Anders Mellgren

Born	22 June 1991 (1991-06-22) (age 33) Hagfors, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Sweden
2014	Vargarna
2015	Indianerna
2016	Munkebo
Great Britain
2010–2011	Newport Wasps
2011	Somerset Rebels
2012–2015	Rye House Rockets
2015–2016	Berwick Bandits
Individual honours
2012	Swedish U21 silver
Team honours
2011	Knockout Cup

Anders Mellgren (born 22 June 1991) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.^[1][2]

Career

Mellgren started racing in the British leagues during the 2010 Premier League speedway season, when riding for the Newport Wasps.^[3][4] With Newport, he won the 2011 Premier League Knock-Out Cup during the 2011 season.^[1]

Mellgren won the silver medal at the 2012 Swedish Junior Speedway Championship.^[5]

In 2012, he joined the Rye House Rockets and spent four seasons with them before signing for Berwick Bandits mid-way through the 2015 season.^[6]

He reached the final of both the 2017 Team Long Track World Championship and the 2018 Team Long Track World Championship.^[7]

References

1. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Anders Mellgren" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
2. "Anders Mellgren". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
3. "Anders Mellgren". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
4. "Speedway: Wasps confirm Mellgren signing". Wales Online. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
5. "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
6. "Bandits sign Anders Mellgren". Southern Reporter. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
7. "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.