Joel Jansson

Joel Jansson

Born	10 July 1924[1]
Died	15 February 2018 (aged 93) Eskilstuna
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
1949-1950	Griparna
1951-1954	Smederna
1955-1956	Indianerna
1957-1962	Vargarna
Individual honours
1958	Speedway World Championship finalist
1958	Continental Champion
Team honours
1960, 1961	Allsvenskan Champion

Joel Jansson (10 July 1924 to 15 February 2018) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.^[2][1][3]

Speedway career

While riding ice speedway in Norway during 1957 he badly damaged an arm.^[4] However, Jansson reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[5][6] He rode for Vargarna in Sweden from 1957 to 1962 and was the captain of the Vargarna team from 1958.^[1]

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1958 – London, Wembley Stadium – 16th - 0pts

Family

His two sons (Tommy Jansson and Bosse Jansson) were both speedway riders; tragically Tommy was killed in 1976, during the Swedish final.^[7]

References

1. "Speedway Championship of the World" (PDF). progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
2. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
3. "Joel Jansson". familjesidan. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
4. "The Daddy of the Lot!". Sunday Mirror. 14 September 1958. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Peter Craven should win title". Leicester Evening Mail. 20 September 1958. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
7. "Tommy Jansson". Retro Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.