Antonio Lindbäck

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

1 Career highlights
2 Current clubs
3 Speedway Grand Prix results
- 3.1 SGP Podium
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] 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 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 has decided to retire from speedway in order to sort out his drinking problem. Linback has decided to return to speedway, starting in a lower league in Sweden^[3] ^[4].

[edit] Current clubs

Antonio Lindback retired from speedway, but is now returning in a lower league in Sweden.

[edit] 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

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider notclassify (track reserve who not started)

[edit] SGP Podium

Copenhagen 2005 - 3rd place
Prague 2006 - 3rd place
Daugavpils 2006 - 2nd place

[edit] 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 0752442503.
^ Lindback set to quit. Sky Sports (2007-10-03). Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
^ Lindback retires from speedway. Daily Echo (8 November 2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-03.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Toninho Racing

2008 Speedway Grand Prix riders
(1) N. Pedersen	(2) Adams	(3) Crump	(4) Gollob	(5) Andersen
(6) Hancock	(7) Holta	(8) Nicholls	(9) Harris	(10) Jonsson
(11) B. Pedersen	(12) Iversen	(13) L. Dryml	(14) K. Kasprzak	(15) Lindgren

v • d • e Belle Vue Aces Squad 2007 (British Elite League)

Simon Stead • James Wright • Joe Screen (c) • Kevin Doolan • Antonio Lindback • Adam Skórnicki • Billy Forsberg Also Rode: Ben Wilson • Ryan Fisher • Kaj Laukkanen Manager: Eric Boocock