Hasse Holmqvist

Hasse Holmqvist

Born	(1945-06-18) 18 June 1945 (age 79) Avesta, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Sweden
1962-1963	Folkare
1964-1965, 1969-1971	Masarna
1966-1967	Taxarna
1968-1969, 1971-1972	Vargarna
1973-1981, 1983	Indianerna
Great Britain
1967-1968	Wolverhampton Wolves
1970, 1973, 1975	Oxford Cheetahs
Individual honours
1968, 1969	Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1973	Allsvenskan Div 2 West Champion

Hans Ulof Holmqvist (born 18 June 1945) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider.^[1] During his career he was known as Hasse Holmqvist. He earned 30 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.^[2]

Speedway career

Holmqvist was a leading speedway rider in the late 1960s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1968 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1969 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[3]

He won the silver medal in 1975 and bronze medal in 1968 at the Swedish Championship.^[4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1967 until 1975.^[5] He rode for Wolverhampton Wolves from 1967^[6] to 1968 and Oxford Cheetahs in 1970, 1973 and 1975.^[7][8]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1968 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 8th – 9pts
• 1969 – London, Wembley Stadium – 5th – 10pts

World Pairs Championship

• 1972 - Borås, Ryavallen (with Bernt Persson) - 3rd - 22pts (9)

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

• 1971 Inzell, 12th – 11pts

References

1. "Hasse Holmqvist profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
3. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
5. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
6. "Wolves hopes of having Guasco in action Down Under". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 27 February 1967. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Injury hit Diamonds take on the Wolves". Buckinghamshire Examiner. 25 July 1975. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Flying Sweden and skipper came to the rescue". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 12 April 1967. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.