Filip Hjelmland

Filip Hjelmland
Born10 September 1998 (1998-09-10) (age 26)
Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
2019–2021, 2023–2024Vetlanda/Njudungarna
2022Vargarna
2022–2024Dackarna
Poland
2018–2020Gorzów
2020Poznań
2022Ostrów
2023–2024Opole
Denmark
2018Slangerup
2021Nordjysk
Individual honours
2017European U19 Championship silver
Team honours
2023Swedish Eliserien champion

Filip Hjelmland (born 10 September 1998) is a speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2][3]

Speedway career

Hjelmland started riding aged 15[4] and came to prominence in 2017, when he won a silver medal at the European U19 Championship.[5]

He became a regular member of the Sweden national under-21 speedway team and helped them win a bronze medal at the 2019 Team Junior European Championship final.[6] He was then called up to the Sweden national speedway team and represented them in the 2019 Speedway of Nations.[7]

In 2022, he rode for Dackarna in the Swedish Eliserien and Ostrów in the Ekstrasliga (the highest leagues in Sweden and Poland).[8]

References

  1. ^ "Filip Hjelmland". Elite Speedway. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Filip Hjelmland". Speedway News. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Filip Hjelmland". Dagens Vimmerby. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Filip Hjelmland speedway racer and entrepreneur". Brevet Hemifran. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Robert Lambert Wins Under 19 European Speedway Crown". ACU. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ "2019 European Under 21 Team Speedway Championship - Final". FIM. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  7. ^ "2019 Speedway of Nations Race Off 1 result". SGP.
  8. ^ "HJELMLAND FIRST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IN DACKARNA'S TEAM BUILDING UNTIL 2023". Dackarna Speedway. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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