Helge Brinkeback

Helge Ivar Brinkeback (14 April, 1918–14 June, 1983) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2][3][4] He was twice champion of Sweden.

Helge Brinkeback
Born(1918-04-14)14 April 1918
Norrköping, Sweden
Died14 June 1983(1983-06-14) (aged 65)
NationalitySwedish
Career history
1948–1952Vargarna
Individual honours
1950, 1951Swedish Champion
Team honours
1949, 1951Swedish Team Championship

Career

Helge Brinkeback made his Swedish leagues debut during the 1948 Swedish speedway season for Vargarna.[5] The following season in 1949, he had a very successful season, after reaching the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final in Stockholm, where he finished in ninth place and making his debut for the Sweden national speedway team, when Sweden beat Poland in a test match. He also won the Swedish Team Championship with Vargarna.[6]

Brinkeback continued to consolidate his position as one of speedway's leading riders of the period, when he became the champion of Sweden, after winning the 1950 Swedish individual title.[7][8][2] In addition, his team finished runner up behind Filbyterna.

Brinkeback then successfully defended his Swedish crown in 1951[9] and won a second league championship with Vargarna.[10][11]

Other pursuits

In addition to his speedway career he appeared in the Swedish film Farlig Kurva in 1952.[12]

References
  1. "Helge Brinkeback". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  2. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. "Motocross - Helge Brinkeback". The Sports.org. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  4. "Kalmar läns museum". Swedish Digital Museum. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  5. "1948 season". Speedway History. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  6. "1949 season and test matches". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  7. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  8. "Swedish Championship 1950". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  9. "Individual Swedish Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  10. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948–2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  11. "Swedish Individual Speedway Championship". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  12. "Helge Brinkeback". Swedish Film Database. 14 April 1918. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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