Bengt Jansson


Bengt Gustaf Jansson is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He earned 107 caps for the Sweden [national speedway team].

Career

Jansson was runner up in the 1967 World Final to fellow countryman Ove Fundin after losing a race-off and finished third in 1971, again after a run-off.
He rode in Britain for West [Ham Hammers], Edinburgh Monarchs, Hackney Hawks, Reading Racers, and finally the Birmingham Brummies. It was as a Hackney rider he won the 1971 London Riders' Championship.
He joined Reading Racers in 1975.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship