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Anders Henriksson (speedway rider)

Anders Terje Elias Henriksson (born 6 October 1975) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.

Career

Henriksson started riding in Sweden in 1993 for Njudungarna. He came to prominence when he won consecutive bronze medals at the 1995 and 1996 Swedish Junior Speedway Championship. He started racing in the British leagues during the 1997 Premier League speedway season, when riding for the Newport Wasps, averaging a strong 8.24.

He continued to ride for Newport and recorded a 9.02 average in 1999. After five years at Newport he joined the Reading Racers in 2002, for his final season in British speedway.

Family

His father Terje Henriksson earned 3 caps for the Sweden national speedway team in the 1960s.

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