{{short description|Swedish motorcycle speedway rider (born 1973)}} {{for|the Swedish footballer|Niklas Klingberg (footballer)}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Niklas Klingberg | image = | nationality = Swedish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1973|2|6}} | birth_place = | career1 = '''Sweden''' | years2 = 1989–2000 | career2 = [[Örnarna]] | years3 = 2001 | career3 = [[Indianerna]] | years4 = 2002 | career4 = [[Masarna]] | years5 = 2004 | career5 = [[Piraterna]] | years6 = 2005–2006 | career6 = [[Vargarna]] | career7 = '''Poland''' | years8 = 1998 | career8 = [[WTS Wrocław]] | years9 = 1999, 2001, 2008 | career9 = [[GTŻ Grudziądz]] | years10 = 2000 | career10 = [[Kolejarz Opole]] | years11 = 2002 | career11 = [[Unia Leszno]] | years12 = 2003, 2006–2007 | career12 = [[Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski]] | years13 = 2004 | career13 = [[KM Ostrów Wielkopolski]] | years14 = 2005 | career14 = [[Stal Rzeszów (motorcycle speedway)|Stal Rzeszów]] | career15 = '''Great Britain''' | years16 = 1994–1996, 1998 | career16 = [[Belle Vue Aces]] | years17 = 2001 | career17 = [[King's Lynn Stars]] | years18 = 2003 | career18 = [[Oxford Cheetahs]] | career19 = '''Denmark''' | years20 = 2005 | career20 = [[Holsted Speedway Klub|Holsted]]
| indivyear1 = 1993 | indivhonour1 = [[Swedish Junior Speedway Championship|Swedish U21 champion]] | indivyear2 = 2000 | indivhonour2 = [[Intercontinental Final|Intercontinental Champion]] | indivyear3 = 2002 | indivhonour3 = [[Speedway Swedish Individual Championship|Swedish Champion]] | teamyear1 = 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 | teamhonour1 = [[Elitserien (speedway)|Swedish Elitserien Winner]] }}
'''Niklas Johan Borje Klingberg''' (born 6 February 1973)<ref>[http://speedwaygp.republika.pl/ speedwaygp.republika.pl] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422155710/http://speedwaygp.republika.pl/ |date=2009-04-22 }}. Retrieved on 10 April 2009.</ref><ref>''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (77) / 2009, pages 42-43 {{ISSN|1429-3285}}</ref> is a Swedish former [[motorcycle speedway]] rider. He earned 11 caps for the [[Sweden national speedway team]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>
== Career == Klingberg was a member of Sweden team at [[Speedway World Cup]]s. He was [[Speedway Swedish Individual Championship|Swedish Champion]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=522|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}</ref>
Klingberg rode in the British leagues from 1994 to 2003, starting with [[Belle Vue Aces]] from 1994 to 1996 and again in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19940226/081/0082 |title=Treble signing opens new era |website=Manchester Evening News |date=26 February 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> He then rode for [[King's Lynn Stars]] in 2001 and [[Oxford Cheetahs]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6576417.track-problems-resolved/ |title=Track problems to be resolved |website=Oxford Mail |access-date=7 September 2024 }}</ref>
== Career details == === World Championships === * [[Individual Speedway World Championship|Individual World Championship]] and [[Speedway Grand Prix]] ** [[2001 Speedway Grand Prix|2001]] - 10th place (54 pts) ** [[2002 Speedway Grand Prix|2002]] - 18th place (37 pts) * Team World Championship ([[Speedway World Team Cup]] and [[Speedway World Cup]]) ** [[1996 Speedway World Team Cup|1996]] - 5th place - (14pts) ** [[2001 Speedway World Cup|2001]] - {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wrocław]] - '''3rd place''' (10 pts) ** [[2002 Speedway World Cup|2002]] - {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peterborough]] - '''3rd place''' (10 pts) * [[Individual Speedway Junior World Championship|Individual U-21 World Championship]] ** [[1991 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship|1991]] - {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Coventry]] - 7th place (8 pts) ** [[1992 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship|1992]] - {{flagicon|GER}} [[Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm|Pfaffenhofen]] - 7th place (9 pts) ** [[1993 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship|1993]] - {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pardubice]] - 11th place (7 pts)
=== European Championships === * [[Individual Speedway European Championship|Individual European Championship]] ** [[2004 Individual Speedway European Championship|2004]] - {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Holsted]] - 9th place (6 pts)
==Family== His father [[Börje Klingberg]] is also a former Swedish international speedway rider.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/gP0l11/vi-ska-kora-i-samma-lag|title=Fathers and sons abound in the speedway - but they have never ridden together|website=Sport Bladet|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref>
== See also == * [[Sweden national speedway team]] * [[List of Speedway Grand Prix riders]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * (pl) [http://www.gtz.grudziadz.net/z_klingberg.htm Klingberg at www.GTZ.Grudziadz.net]
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