Antonio Lindbäck


Antonio Lindbäck 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 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.

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. He is also included in the Swedish national team.
Lindbäck qualified for the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix via the Grand Prix Challenge.

Speedway Grand Prix results

SGP Podiums

  1. Copenhagen 2005 - 3rd place
  2. Prague 2006 - 3rd place
  3. Daugavpils 2006 - 2nd place
  4. Gothenburg 2009 - 3rd place
  5. Gothenburg 2011 - 3rd place
  6. Terenzano 2011 - 3rd place
  7. Terenzano 2012 - 1st place
  8. Cardiff 2012 - 3rd place
  9. Målilla 2012 - 3rd place
  10. Toruń 2012 - 1st place
  11. Målilla 2015 - 3rd place
  12. Cardiff 2016 - 1st place