Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)

Jan Fredrik Tobias (Freddie) Lindgren (born 15 September 1985)[1] is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider who rides in the UK for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League. As of the 2008 season, Freddie was awarded with the captaincy role, previously held by fellow Swede Peter Karlsson.

Fredrik Lindgren
Born (1985-09-15) 15 September 1985
Örebro, Sweden
NicknameFreddie
Nationality Sweden
Websitewww.teamlindgren.com
Current club information
Polish leagueCzestochwa
Swedish leagueSmederna
Career history
2000-2003, 2015Indianerna (SWE)
2002Vikingarna Speedway (SWE)
2003-2017Wolverhampton Wolves
2003-2017Piraterna (SWE)
2004Team Dalakraft (SWE)
2004Grudziadz (POL)
2004-2005Masarna (SWE)
2006-Dackarna Målilla (SWE)
2006-2010ZKŻ Zielona Góra (POL)
2007-Pardubice (CZE)
2018-2019Smederna (SWE)
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
SGP Number66
Starts124
Podiums19 (4-6-9)
Finalist26 time
Winner4 times
Individual honours
2010, 2016, 2017Elite League Riders Champion
2006Nordic Champion
2003, 2004Swedish Under-21 Champion
2004Nordic Under 21 Champion
2012Swedish Grand Prix Champion
2017Warsaw Grand Prix Champion
2018Czech Republic Grand Prix Champion
2019Scandinavian Grand Prix Champion
Team honours
2015World Cup Winner
2009, 2016Elite League Champion
2003Swedish Allsvenskan Champion
2002Swedish Division 1 Champion
2007, 2017, 2018, 2019Swedish Elitserien Champion
2009Polish Ekstraliga Champion

He has represented Sweden in the World Cup, finishing second in 2005.[2]

Career

Born in Örebro, Sweden. Lindgren's father Tommy was a speedway rider before him, and his younger brother Ludvig also rides.

Lindgren first appeared for Wolves in the 2003 season as the team struggled with injuries. At the age of just 17, Freddie made his debut for the team and impressed enough to be brought back the following season when again injuries hit the club.

In 2005 he moved over full-time and averaged 7.44 in his debut full season and in 2006 he improved to average 8.12. In 2007 as Freddie started to show up more on the World scene, he averaged 8.35 again for Wolves and in 2008 as a full-time Grand Prix rider he averaged 8.52 for Wolves.

2012

In 2009 Lindgren topped the averages in the UK with a 10.43 average and only dropped 7 points at home all season. Wolverhampton went on to win the Elite League title. 2010 saw him again back at Wolverhampton where his brother Ludvig also gained a place. Again he finished as the highest averaging rider in the Elite League and helped Wolves reach the title play offs.

In 2016 Lindgren won the Elite League with Wolves and also won the Elite League Riders' Championship at the end of the season.[3][4]

In 2007 he was awarded a permanent wild card place for the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Series. Due to his top 10 finish in the 2008 SGP, Lindgren was awarded a second successive permanent wild card place for the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix. In 2010 he finished 11th on 87 points but qualified for the 2011 Series after beating Janusz Kolodiej and Magnus Zetterstrom in a run-off in the GP Challenge Final.[5]

Speedway Grand Prix results
Year Position Points Best finish Notes
2004 31st 4 18th as a wildcard
2005 - -
2006 19th 7 7th as a wildcard
2007 16th 21 3rd as a wildcard
2008 10th 73 2nd
2009 9th 95 2nd
2010 11th 87 4th
2011 9th 90 3rd
2012 8th 119 Winner Won home event in Gothenburg (Sweden)
2013 11th 83 4th
2014 10th 90 3rd


Speedway Grand Prix results
2004 Speedway Grand Prix - 30th place
Final Championship standings: 30th 4 Riding No (24)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /9 Swedish SGP 18 4 (0,2,1) 24
2006 Speedway Grand Prix - 19th place
Final Championship standings: 19th 7 Riding No (16) (17)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
3 /10 Swedish SGP 9 7 (1,2,1,2,1) 1
7 /10 Scandinavian SGP 17 - - 17
2007 Speedway Grand Prix - 16th place
Final Championship standings: 16th 21 Riding No (16)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
3 /11 Swedish SGP 3 14 (2,2,2,3,1) +2 +1 14
7 /11 Scandinavian SGP 8 7 (1,0,3,1,2) +X 4
2008 Speedway Grand Prix - 10th place
Final Championship standings: 10th 73 Riding No (15)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /11 Slovenian SGP 7 7 (1,0,1,2,3) 15
2 /11 European SGP 9 7 (1,1,1,2,2) 15
3 /11 Swedish SGP 2 22 (3,3,3,3,3) +3 +4 15
4 /11 Danish SGP 15 3 (0,1,0,1,1) 3
5 /11 British SGP 15 2 (1,0,0,0,1) 6
6 /11 Czech Rep. SGP 14 4 (1,1,1,1,0) 11
7 /11 Scandinavian SGP 9 7 (1,2,2,2,0) 3
8 /11 Latvian SGP 11 7 (0,3,2,1,1) 13
9 /11 Polish SGP 16 0 (0,0,0,0,0) 5
10 /11 Italian SGP 13 5 (0,1,2,2,0) 6
11 /11 German SGP 8 8 (2,1,2,1,2) +0 1
2009 Speedway Grand Prix
Final Championship standings: Riding No (10)
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /11 Czech Rep. SGP 2 19 (3,2,3,2,3) +2 +4 8
2 /11 Polish SGP
3 /11 Swedish SGP
4 /11 Danish SGP
5 /11 British SGP
6 /11 Latvian SGP
7 /11 European SGP
8 /11 Danish SGP
9 /11 Slovenian SGP
10 /11 Italian SGP
11 /11 Polish SGP
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

SGP Podium
  1. Eskilstuna (26 May 2007) - 3rd place

See also

References
  1. Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  2. Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
  3. Smee, Gary (2016) "Elite League Grand Final: Wolverhampton Wolves overcome Belle Vue to win title", BBC, 5 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016
  4. "Results: Saturday October 8", speedwaygb.co, 8 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016
  5. "SGP Permanent wild cards announced". SpeedwayWorld. 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
2011 Speedway Grand Prix riders
1 Gollob 2 Hampel 3 Crump 4 Holta 5 Hancock
6 Harris 7 Bjerre 8 Holder 9 Jonsson 10 Pedersen
11 Lindgren 12 Sayfutdinov 13 Laguta 14 Lindbäck 15 Kołodziej
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