Andreas Messing

Swedish speedway rider
Andreas Messing
Born (1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 37)
Hallstavik, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
Great Britain
2006-2007Arena Essex/Lakeside
2008Coventry
Denmark
2005Outrup

Andreas Messing (born 28 January 1987) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2]

Speedway career

In 2002 he debuted with Rospiggarna in Elitserien in 2002, at the time the youngest ever.[3] He also rode for Vargarna and Getingarna.[4] He got his breakthrough in 2005, aged 18, when he placed ninth in the Swedish Championships.[5]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Coventry Bees during the 2008 Elite League speedway season. He began his British career riding for Arena Essex Hammers in 2006.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  2. ^ Brandt, Per; Persson, Pove (2010-10-27). "Messing klar för Rospiggarna". Norrtelje Tidning (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  3. ^ Holm, Stefan (2002-04-24). "Andreas, 15: Jag siktar på VM-guld". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  4. ^ Mattsson, Lars (7 October 2005). "Andreas Messing tillbaka i Rospiggarna". Norrtelje Tidning (in Swedish).
  5. ^ Andersson, Christer (15 July 2005). "Unge Andreas Messing får chansen". Norrköpings Tidningar (in Swedish).
  6. ^ "Andreas Messing". Eurosport. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Greensheet Averages". British Speedway. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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