Niklas Klingberg

Niklas Johan Borje Klingberg (born 6 February 1973)^[1]^[2] is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 11 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.^[3]

Career

Klingberg was a member of Sweden team at Speedway World Cups. He was Swedish Champion in 2002.^[4]

Klingberg rode in the British leagues from 1994 to 2003, starting with Belle Vue Aces from 1994 to 1996 and again in 1998.^[5] He then rode for King's Lynn Stars in 2001 and Oxford Cheetahs in 2003.^[6]

Individual World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix
- 2001 - 10th place (54 pts)
- 2002 - 18th place (37 pts)
Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
- 1996 - 5th place - (14pts)
- 2001 - Wrocław - 3rd place (10 pts)
- 2002 - Peterborough - 3rd place (10 pts)
Individual U-21 World Championship
- 1991 - Coventry - 7th place (8 pts)
- 1992 - Pfaffenhofen - 7th place (9 pts)
- 1993 - Pardubice - 11th place (7 pts)

His father Börje Klingberg is also a former Swedish international speedway rider.^[7]

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^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) / 2009, pages 42-43 ISSN 1429-3285
^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 522. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
^ "Treble signing opens new era". Manchester Evening News. 26 February 1994. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Track problems to be resolved". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
^ "Fathers and sons abound in the speedway - but they have never ridden together". Sport Bladet. Retrieved 11 July 2021.