Antonio Lindbäck

Antonio Lindbäck
Current club information

Born	(1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nickname	Anton, Rio Rocket
Nationality	Sweden
Website	Official Website
Polish league	MRGARDEN GKM Grudziądz
Swedish league	Indianerna and Masarna
Danish league	Outrup
Russian league	Turbina
Career history
Sweden
2001-2007	Masarna
2008	Vargarna
2009-2010	Piraterna
2011-	Indianerna
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
2009 Number	16
Starts	68
Podiums	10 (2-1-7)
Finalist	13 time
Winner	2 times
Individual honours
2004	European Under-19 Champion
2005	Scandinavian Under-21 Champion
2015	Swedish Champion
2004, 2011	Grand Prix Challenge Winner
Team honours
2004, 2015	Speedway World Cup Winner

Antonio Lindbäck (born 5 May 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)^[1] is an international motorcycle speedway rider who currently competes in the Speedway World Championship, finishing eighth in 2016, and was a member of the Swedish team who won the Speedway World Cup in 2004^[2] and 2015.

Career highlights

Lindbäck made his international debut in 2004 with firstly a wild card ride in the Speedway Grand Prix series but he made a bigger impression in the Speedway World Cup riding for the Swedish team. He became the European Under-19 Champion in 2004 and Scandinavian Under-21 Champion in 2005.

He made his full SGP debut in 2005 finishing 10th both in that season and the subsequent 2006 championship.

Prior to the final 2007 Speedway Grand Prix round in Gelsenkirchen, it was announced that Lindbäck had decided to retire from speedway. But in 2008, Lindbäck was deciding to return to speedway, starting in the second league in Sweden. He continued his professional career in 2009.

Lindbäck won his first Grand Prix in the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy in Terenzano.^[3]^[4]

Current clubs

At the end of the 2007 season Antonio Lindbäck announced that he retired, but made a quick comeback competing for Vargarna in the Swedish second division allsvenskan and he was a major force in bringing the club to the playoff finale. Before the start of the 2009 season he moved to another club called Piraterna.^[5] He is also included in the Swedish national team.^[6]

Lindbäck was qualified to the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix via the Grand Prix Challenge.

Speedway Grand Prix results

2004 Speedway Grand Prix - 38th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		38th	2	Riding No (24)
6 /9	Scandinavian SGP	22	2	(0,1)	24

2005 Speedway Grand Prix - 10th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		10th	71	Riding No (14)
1 /9	European SGP	4	16	(2,2,3,0,1) +2 +0)	13
2 /9	Swedish SGP	6	8	(2,1,2,0,3) +1	8
3 /9	Slovenian SGP	12	3	(1,0,0,0,2) +3	14
4 /9	British SGP	7	8	(T,3,1,1,3) +1	7
5 /9	Danish SGP	3	18	(1,3,2,2,2) +3 +1	5
6 /9	Czech Rep. SGP	12	6	(2,0,1,2,X)	4
7 /9	Scandinavian SGP	10	7	(2,1,1,2,1	10
8 /9	Polish SGP	16	0	(0,0,0,0,0)	3
9 /9	Italian SGP	13	5	(1,0,1,3,-)	16

2006 Speedway Grand Prix - 10th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		10th	86	Riding No (10)
1 /10	Slovenian SGP	7	9	(1,2,1,2,3) +0	9
2 /10	European SGP	16	2	(0,0,0,2,0)	3
3 /10	Swedish SGP	10	6	(3,0,0,1,2)	2
4 /10	British SGP	9	8	(0,3,1,3,1)	10
5 /10	Danish SGP	4	16	(2,2,2,2,2) +2 +0	5
6 /10	Italian SGP	14	4	(t,1,1,0,2)	3
7 /10	Scandinavian SGP	15	3	(2,0,1,F,0)	14
8 /10	Czech Rep. SGP	3	18	(3,1,1,F,3) +3 +1	1
9 /10	Latvian SGP	2	20	(3,2,3,3,2) +3 +2	12
10 /10	Polish SGP	14	3	(0,3,E,0,0)	16

2007 Speedway Grand Prix - 15th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		15th	31	Riding No (10)
1 /11	Italian SGP	14	3	(1,1,0,1,0)	12
2 /11	European SGP	17	0	(0,0,0,0,0)	9
3 /11	Swedish SGP	17	3	(0,0,1,1,1	13
4 /11	Danish SGP	7	9	(3,2,0,3,1) +X	2
5 /11	British SGP	9	7	(3,2,1,1,0)	13
6 /11	Czech Rep. SGP	17	0	(0,0,0,-,-)	4
7 /11	Scandinavian SGP	14	3	(1,2,0,0,0)	9
8 /11	Latvian SGP	18	0	(X,-,-,-,-)	13
9 /11	Polish SGP	10	5	(0,0,1,3,1)	7
10 /11	Slovenian SGP	16	1	(0,0,1,0,0)	8
11 /11	German SGP	retired → (19) Peter Karlsson			10

2009 Speedway Grand Prix - 16th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		16th	27	Riding No (16)
3 /11	Swedish SGP	3	17	(2,2,3,2,3) +3 +0	9
7 /11	Scandinavian SGP	6	10	(3,1,1,2,2) +1	1

2010 Speedway Grand Prix - 20th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		20th	6	Riding No (16)
3 /11	Swedish SGP	12	6	(1,1,1,0,3)	3

2011 Speedway Grand Prix - 12th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		12th	72	Riding No (14)
1 /11	European SGP	15	1	(1,0,0,0,0)	15
2 /11	Swedish SGP	3	9	(3,3,3,F,-)	4
3 /11	Czech Rep. SGP	12	6	(1,1,1,2,1)	4
4 /11	Danish SGP	14	5	(3,0,0,1,1)	3
5 /11	British SGP	15	3	(2,2,2,2,2) +2 +0	10
6 /11	Italian SGP	3	17	(3,0,0,0,0)	9
7 /11	Scandinavian SGP	11	7	(2,0,1,2,2)	11
8 /11	Polish SGP	4	12	(0,3,2,3,2) +2 +0	11
9 /11	Nordic SGP	11	6	(3,1,2,0,0)	4
10 /11	Croatian SGP	16	3	(1,0,0,1,1)	3
11 /11	Polish II SGP	15	3	(0,1,1,1,0)	6

2012 Speedway Grand Prix - 7th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		7th	122	Riding No (12)
1 /12	New Zealand SGP	6	13	(3,2,2,3,2) +1	10
2 /12	European SGP	14	4	(1,0,1,2,X)	10
3 /12	Czech Rep. SGP	8	6	(0,3,3,0,2) +1	4
4 /12	Swedish SGP	12	5	(3,0,1,0,1)	8
5 /12	Danish SGP	16	3	(2,0,0,1,0)	15
6 /12	Polish SGP	12	6	(1,3,0,1,1)	4
7 /12	Croatian SGP	14	6	(0,0,1,2,3)	3
8 /12	Italian SGP	1	16	(3,1,0,3,1) +2 +6	3
9 /12	British SGP	3	12	(3,0,2,2,1) +2 +2	2
10 /12	Scandinavian SGP	3	18	(1,3,3,3,3) +3 +2	12
11 /12	Nordic SGP	5	11	(3,3,1,3,1) +0	3
12 /12	Polish II SGP	1	19	(2,3,3,3,0) +2 +6	11

2013 Speedway Grand Prix - 15th place

	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
Final Championship standings:		15th	51	Riding No (6)
1 /12	New Zealand SGP	13	6	(1,0,2,3,0)	16
2 /12	European SGP	15	3	(0,2,0,1,0)	14
3 /12	Swedish SGP	10	8	(3,3,0,1,1)	13
4 /12	Czech Rep. SGP	13	5	(0,0,2,2,1)	13
5 /12	British SGP	16	1	(0,0,1,0,0)	7
6 /12	Polish SGP	15	3	(2,0,0,1,0)	1
7 /12	Danish SGP	17	2	(0,0,1,0,1)	15
8 /12	Italian SGP	10	6	(0,2,2,0,2)	13
9 /12	SGP	16	1	(1,0,0,0,T)	4
10 /12	SGP	11	7	(0,2,3,1,1)	6
11 /12	Scandinavian SGP	13	3	(1,0,1,0,1)	3
12 /12	Polish II SGP	10	6	(2,3,X,0,1)	15

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

SGP Podiums

Copenhagen 2005 - 3rd place
Prague 2006 - 3rd place
Daugavpils 2006 - 2nd place
Gothenburg 2009 - 3rd place
Gothenburg 2011 - 3rd place
Terenzano 2011 - 3rd place
Terenzano 2012 - 1st place
Cardiff 2012 - 3rd place
Målilla 2012 - 3rd place
Toruń 2012 - 1st place
Målilla 2015 - 3rd place
Cardiff 2016 - 1st place

References

↑ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
↑ Banford, Robert (2007-03-01). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-4250-3.
↑ "Lindback set to quit". Sky Sports. 2007-10-03. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
↑ "Lindback retires from speedway". Daily Echo. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
↑ Svensktrio vann bronsmatch i Polen

External links

Lindbäck Racing

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