Vesa Ylinen
Born | (1965-07-23) 23 July 1965 (age 59) Seinäjoki, Finland |
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Nationality | Finnish |
Career history | |
Great Britain | |
1993–1994, 1996 | Edinburgh Monarchs |
Poland | |
1991 | Torun |
Sweden | |
1988–1991 | Griparna |
1992–1993 | Rospiggarna |
1995 | Smederna |
Individual honours | |
1991, 1992, 1995 1996, 1998 | Finnish national Champion |
Vesa Ylinen (born 23 July 1965) is a Finnish former motorcycle speedway rider.[1][2][3]
Career
In 1991, Ylinen became the national champion of Finland after winning the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship and the following year he successfully defended his title by winning it again.[4]
He came to the attention of the Edinburgh Monarchs who signed him for the 1993 British League season,[5] where he would stay for two seasons.[6][1] A third and fourth Finnish national title was secured in 1995 and 1996 respectively[7] and he would return to the Edinburgh club in 1996, when they were called the Scottish Monarchs.[1][2]
He won a fifth and final national title in 1998[4] and then returned to his native Finland to complete his career with Kotkat Seinajoki.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Vesa Ylinen". WWOS backup. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b "HISTORY WILL BE MADE ON FRIDAY". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Vesa Ylinen Finlandia". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Individual Finnish Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ "Finnish champ on way". Edinburgh Evening News. 26 January 1993. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Vesa's bikeless blunder". Edinburgh Evening News. 5 March 1994. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Individual Championship of Finland". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 12 January 2023.