| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 4 September 1954 (1954-09-04) (age 70) Oulu, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Ice speedway | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||
Jarmo Hirvasoja (born 4 September 1954) is a former international speedway rider from Finland.
Speedway career
Hirvasoja became a world champion after winning the gold medal at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in the 1990 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.
Previously, he had won a silver medal in 1985 and two bronze medals at the Team Ice Racing World Championship.
World final appearances
Ice World Championship
- 1984
Moscow, 7th 16pts - 1985
Assen, 2nd 26pts - 1986
Stockholm, 8th 13pts - 1988 Eindhoven, 14th
- 1989 Almaty, 12th 9pts
- 1990 Göteborg, champion 27pts
- 1993
Saransk, 7th 17pts - 1994 10 Rounds GP, 9th
- 1995 10 Rounds GP, 14th
References
- "Finland 100 years - Finnish world champions, part 9, Jarmo Hirvasoja". Bike Finland. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- "Jarmo Hirvasoja Steckbrief". Speedweek. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- "Das soll wirklich ein Spaßrennen werden". OVB Heimatzeitungen. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- "Finnish motorsport drivers have speed in their genes". This is Finland. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- "World Ice Racing Championships". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
 | This biographical article relating to Finnish speedway is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |