Martin Haarahiltunen

Martin Haarahiltunen

Born	(1990-10-02)2 October 1990 Överhörnäs, Sweden^[citation needed]
Nationality	Swedish
Individual honours
2022, 2023	Ice Speedway World Champion
Team honours
2018, 2019, 2020	3x World team silver

Martin Haarahiltunen (born 2 October 1990^[citation needed]) is a Swedish world champion speedway rider.[1][2]

Speedway career

Haarahiltunen in action during 2018

Haarahiltunen became a world champion when winning the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in the 2022 Individual Ice Racing World Championship. He won the title by virtue of overtaking the championship leader and strong favourite Johann Weber in the final round. Haarahiltunen completed a six race maximum while Weber crashed and was injured.[3][4]

His best placing previously was finishing in fourth place during the 2018 Individual Ice Racing World Championship[5] and is also a three times silver medal winner at the World Team Championships (2018, 2019, 2020).

In 2023, Haarahiltunen retained the World Championship series by winning the 2023 Individual Ice Racing World Championship. The Russian riders were once again banned and the Championship was held over two rounds at Inzell.[6][7]

References

1. "Joy for super Swede and heartbreak for Weber". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
2. "He repeats success of legend in ice speedway after 20 years". Speedway News. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
3. "ALL OFFICIAL RESULTS - 2022 FIM ICE SPEEDWAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". EIS Speedway. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
4. "Hans Weber was injured in hospital – Ice Speedway GP". SASATIMES. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
5. "Final Classification". EIS Speedway. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
6. "Martin Haarahiltunen takes the second straight WC gold in ice racing". SVT Sport. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
7. "MARTIN HAARAHILTUNEN RETAINS FIM ICE SPEEDWAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE IN INZELL". FIM. Retrieved 3 April 2023.