Joonas Kylmäkorpi
Joonas Nikolai Kylmäkorpi is a Finnish former motorcycle speedway rider and is a four times Long Track World Champion. He earned 12 caps for the Finland national speedway team.
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Nicknamed the Flying Finn, he represented Finland in the Speedway World Cup and won a bronze medal at the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship in 2002.However, his real success has come on the longtrack where he won four World Championships in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
Kylmäkorpi rode in the British leagues from 2001 to 2016, starting with Eastbourne Eagles in 2001. At Eastbourne he replaced fellow Finnish rider Petri Kokko. He finished his British leagues career at Eastbourne as their number one rider in 2012.
Speedway honours
- Individual World Championship :
- * 2003 – 40th place
- * 2004 – 42nd place
- Individual U-21 World Championship:
- * 2000 – 12th place
- Team World Championship :
- * 2001 – 9th place '
- * 2002 – 8th place '
- * 2003 – 7th place '
- * 2006 – 7th place '
- * 2007 – 8th place
- 2006 European Pairs Speedway Championship:
- * ''2006 – winner of semi-final 2 ''
World Longtrack Championship
Grand-Prix years
- 2000 6pts
- 2005 53pts 2006 58pts 2007 48pts
- 2008 33pts
- 2009 74pts 2010 140pts 2011 127pts 2012 149pts 2013 126pts 2014 66pts
- 2015 46pts.
Best Grand-Prix results
- Eenrum First 2015; Third 2010.
- Forssa First 2010, 2012, Second 2013.
- Forus First 2012, 2013, Second 2011.
- Herxheim First 2015.
- Marmande First 2010, 2012, Second 2011, Third 2007.
- Mühldorf First 2014.
- Pfarrkirchen Second 2010.
- St. Macaire First 2010, Second 2007, 2008.
- Vechta First 2010, 2012, Second 2011, 2013, Third 2009.
Team championship
European Grasstrack Championship
Finalist2000 Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun 15pts.