Tero Kalevi Aarnio (born 17 April 1984)[1] is a motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.[2][3][4][5]
Born | Kuusankoski, Finland | 17 April 1984
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Nationality | Finnish |
Career history | |
Sweden | |
2002 | Rospiggarna |
2021 | Dackarna |
2022–2023 | Indianerna |
2024 | Solkatterna |
Great Britain | |
2008–2009 | Berwick |
2010–2013, 2017 2020-2021 | Scunthorpe |
2013 | Workington |
2014 | Glasgow |
2015–2016, 2018 | Newcastle |
2019 | Birmingham |
Poland | |
2019 | Kraków |
2021 | Poznań |
2022-2023 | Tarnów |
Denmark | |
2008 | Grinsted |
2018 | Fjelsted |
Individual honours | |
2020 | Finnish national champion |
2004, 2005 | Junior Finnish Champion |
Career
Aarnio was a member of Finland team at 2007 Speedway World Cup. This led to his signing for Berwick Bandits for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He then joined Scunthorpe Scorpions in 2010 and 2011 and Workington Comets in 2012 and 2013[2] He then spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons with Glasgow and Newcastle respectively, the 2016 season with Scunthorpe and returned to Newcastle in 2018. In 2019 he rode for Birmingham.
After medalling six times at the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship he finally won the national title, when winning the 2020 Finnish Individual Speedway Championship to become champion of Finland.[6]
In 2021 and 2022, he rode for Scunthorpe again, in the SGB Championship 2021 and the SGB Championship 2022.[7] In 2022, he also rode for Tarnów in the Polish Speedway Second League.[8] In 2023, he was part of the Finland team that competed at the 2023 Speedway World Cup in Poland.[9]
Career details
World Championships
- Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
- Team U-21 World Championship
- 2005 – 4th place in Qualifying Round 3
European Championships
Domestic competitions
- Individual Finnish Championship
- 2001 – 12th place (4+0 pts)
- 2002 – 7th place (9 pts)
- 2003 – 10th place (6 pts)
- 2004 – 3rd place (15 pts)
- 2005 – 3rd place (44 pts)
- 2006 – 9th place (7 pts)
- 2008 – 5th place (9+1 pts)
- Individual Junior Finnish Championship
- 2001 – 9th place (7 pts)
- 2002 – Runner-up (17 pts)
- 2003 – Runner-up (17 pts)
- 2004 – Finnish Champion (25 pts)
- 2005 – Finnish Champion (25 pts)