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

Filip Hjelmland
Born10 September 1998 (1998-09-10) (age 25)
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

Speedway career edit

Hjelmland came to prominence in 2017, when he won a silver medal at the European U19 Championship.[4]

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.[5] He was then called up to the Sweden national speedway team and represented them in the 2019 Speedway of Nations.[6]

In 2022, he rode for Dackarna in the Swedish Eliserien and Ostrów in the Ekstrasliga (the highest leagues in Sweden and Poland).[7]

References edit

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