Per-Olof Serenius
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| Born | 9 March 1948 Hedemora, Sweden |
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| Nationality | Swedish |
| Individual honours | |
| 1995, 2002 | Ice Speedway World Champion |
Per-Olof "Posa" Serenius (born 9 March 1948) in Hedemora, Sweden, is a Swedish former ice speedway rider.[1] He is notable for winning two World Individual Championship gold medals in ice speedway.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Serenius was a fireman by profession.[2] Already an experienced motorcyclist, he began to compete in ice speedway racing in 1976 after witnessing a World Championship ice speedway competition in Berlin.[2] His career racing record includes two World Individual Championship gold medals, three World Team gold medals, 32 World finals, 22 national championships and eight Nordic Championships.[2][4] He participated in the documentary film Icy Riders from 2008.[1] In 2016, Serenius was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycle racing achievements.[2]
World final appearances
[edit]Ice World Championship
[edit]- 1978
Assen, 13th - 1979
Inzell, 8th - 1980
Kalinin, 15th - 1981 Assen, 13th
- 1982 Inzell, 2nd
- 1983 Eindhoven, 9th
- 1984 Moscow, 10th
- 1985 Assen, 10th
- 1986
Stockholm, 7th - 1987 Berlin, 11th
- 1988 Eindhoven, 8th
- 1989 Almaty, 6th
- 1990 Göteborg, 4th
- 1991 Assen, 2nd
- 1992 Frankfurt, 5th
- 1993
Saransk, 6th - 1994 10 Rounds GP, 2nd
- 1995 10 Rounds GP, Champion
- 1996 10 Rounds GP, 6th
- 1997 Assen, 6th
- 1998 10 Rounds GP, 5th
- 1999 10 Rounds GP, 10th
- 2000 Assen, 11th
- 2001 8 Rounds GP, 11th
- 2002 8 Rounds GP, Champion
- 2003 6 Rounds GP, 9th
- 2004 8 Rounds GP, 9th
- 2005 6 Rounds GP, 11th
- 2006 4 Rounds GP, 12th
- 2007 6 Rounds GP, 17th
- 2008 6 Rounds GP, 10th
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Per-Olof Serenius" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "FIM Legends". fim-awards.com. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 529. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
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