Veijo Tuoriniemi

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

Veijo Tuoriniemi
Born7 April 1958 (1958-04-07)
Lahti, Finland
Died9 January 2018(2018-01-09) (aged 59)
NationalityFinnish
Career history
Great Britain
1979–1980Eastbourne Eagles
1981Swindon Robins
Sweden
1983Skepparna
Individual honours
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985Finnish Longtrack Champion
1979, 1980, 1981Finnish Championship bronze medal

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