Mikael Blixt

Mikael Blixt

Born	(1964-08-08) 8 August 1964 (age 60) Nyköping, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
Sweden
1980–1987	Vargarna
1988–1989, 1991–1992	Indianerna
Great Britain
1982	Poole Pirates
1991	Peterborough Panthers
1991	Berwick Bandits
Individual honours
1991	Speedway World Championship reserve
1985	Swedish U21 champion
Team honours
1983	Allsvenskan Div 1 (South) Champion
1981	Allsvenskan Div 2 (South) Champion

Mikael Blixt (born 8 August 1964) is a former speedway rider from Sweden.[1] He earned 18 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[2]

Speedway career

Blixt rode in the top tier of British Speedway[3] during the 1982 British League season, riding for the Poole Pirates. He returned nine years later to compete in the 1991 British League season for the Berwick Bandits and Peterborough Panthers.[4] In the Swedish Speedway Team Championship he rode for Indianerna.[5]

He stood as reserve for the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship following a successful qualification through the Nordic final and his high placing in the World semi final.[6]

He won the silver medal in 1989 at the Swedish Championship.[7]

References

1. "Mikael Blixt profile". wwosbackup. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
3. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. "The future's looking bright says Davies". Peterborough Herald & Post. 22 March 1991. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Swashbuckling start for Tony". Suffolk and Essex Free Press. 26 March 1992. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
7. "Sweden National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2021.