| Born | 23 May 1933 Tranås, Sweden |
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| Nickname | The Fox or The Flying Fox |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Career history | |
| Sweden | |
| 1951-1957 | Filbyterna |
| 1958-1971 | Kaparna |
| Great Britain | |
| 1955-1964 | Norwich Stars |
| 1966 | Long Eaton Archers |
| 1967 | Belle Vue Aces |
| 1970 | Wembley Lions |
| Individual honours | |
| 1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1967 | World Champion |
| 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 | Swedish Champion |
| 1954 | Continental Champion |
| 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1965 | European Champion |
| 1955, 1961, 1963, 1967 | Nordic Champion |
| 1957 | Pride of the East winner |
| 1960 | Southern Riders Champion |
| 1963 | Pride of the Midlands winner |
| 1960/61 | SA State Champion |
| 1969 | WA State Champion |
| 1967 | Golden Helmet of Pardubice |
| 1961, 1962, 1963 | Internationale |
| 1962 | The Laurels |
| Team honours | |
| 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1970 | World Team Cup |
| 1968 | World Pairs Champion |
| 1968, 1970 | Allsvenskan Champion |
| 1955, 1963 | National Trophy |
| Competition record | ||
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Representing  Sweden
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| Speedway World Championship | ||
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1963 | |
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1967 | |
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1959 | |
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1962 | |
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1964 | |
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1965 | |
| Speedway World Team Cup | ||
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1960 | |
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1962 | |
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1964 | |
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1967 | |
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1970 | |
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1961 | |
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1965 | |
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1968 | |
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1966 | |
| Speedway World Pairs Championship | ||
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1968 | |
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1970 | |
| Golden Helmet | ||
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1967 | |
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1968 | |
| Long Track World Championship | ||
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1961 | |
Ove Fundin (born 23 May 1933) is a Swedish former professional motorcycle speedway rider. He competed in the Speedway World Championships from 1951 to 1970. Fundin is notable for winning the Speedway World Championship Final five times (1956,[1] 1960, 1961, 1963, 1967), a record bettered only by Ivan Mauger and fellow Swede Tony Rickardsson who each won six World Championships.[2] He finished runner-up in the championship 3 times (1957–59) and was third in 1962, 1964 and 1965 meaning that from his first win in 1956 until his last in 1967, Fundin did not finish lower than a podium place in a record eleven World Finals.[3] He was known by the nickname of the "Flying Fox" or just "the Fox" because of his red hair. He earned 99 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[4]
- ^ "Fundin is champ". Sunday Mirror. 23 September 1956. Retrieved 8 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 518. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
- ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 September 2024.