Veijo_Tuoriniemi

Veijo Tuoriniemi

Veijo Tuoriniemi

Norwegian speedway rider

Veijo Tuoriniemi (7 April 1958 – 9 January 2018) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.[1][2][3][4]

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Career

Tuoriniemi made his British leagues debut in 1979, when he joined Eastbourne for the 1979 British League season.[5] The same season he won the first of three bronze medals in the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship.[6]

In 1980, he continued to ride for Eastbourne and improved his average considerably. The following season he moved to ride for the Swindon Robins during the 1981 British League season.[7][5]

Also in 1981, he represented the Finland national speedway team during the 1981 Speedway World Team Cup.[8]

He concentrated on longtrack speedway in the following years and won the Finnish Longtrack Championship for four successive years from 1982 to 1985.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990, Rider Bio Veijo Tuoriniemi. Front Page Books. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  2. [2]
    Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who, Veijo Tuoriniemi. Peter Oakes, Peterborough. ISBN 0-948882-81-6.
  3. [3]
    Oakes, Peter (1978). 1978 Speedway Yearbook, Rider Bio Veijo Tuoriniemi. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 978-0904584509.
  4. [4]
    "Veijo Tuoriniemi Biography". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Veijo Tuoriniemi". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Individual Finnish Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Ultimate Rider Index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  8. [8]
    "1979 Speedway World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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