Börje Kenny Olsson was a Swedish Speedway

Motorcycle speedway

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 racer. He rode in the UK

United Kingdom

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 for the Trelawny Tigers

Trelawny Tigers

Trelawny Tigers operated as a British Premier League Speedway team during the 2001-2003 seasons at the Clay Country Moto Parc. The track, 230m in length, was unique in its setting being situated in a disused china clay pit near St Austell, Cornwall...

 in 2001 and for the Glasgow Tigers

Glasgow Tigers (speedway)

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 in 2002 in the Speedway Premier League

Speedway Premier League

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He competed regularly in the Xtreme International Ice Racing series (ice speedway) in the USA, winning the series in 2004 and 2005.

On June 8, 2007, he died in hospital after a crash the day before, whilst racing for Vargarna in the Swedish Elite League, had left him with serious head injuries.