Antonio Lindbäck
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| Born |
5 May 1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Nickname | Anton, Rio Rocket |
| Nationality |
 Sweden |
| Website | Official Website |
| Current club information | |
| Polish league | MRGARDEN GKM Grudziądz |
| Swedish league | Masarna and Västervik Speedway |
| Danish league | Outrup |
| Russian league | Turbina |
| Career history | |
| Sweden | |
| 2001-2007 | Masarna |
| 2008 | Vargarna |
| 2009-2010 | Piraterna |
| 2011- | Indianerna |
| Speedway Grand Prix statistics | |
| 2009 Number | 16 |
| Starts | 68 |
| Podiums | 10 (2-1-7) |
| Finalist | 13 time |
| Winner | 2 times |
| Individual honours | |
| 2004 | European Under-19 Champion |
| 2005 | Scandinavian Under-21 Champion |
| 2015 | Swedish Champion |
| 2004, 2011 | Grand Prix Challenge Winner |
| Team honours | |
| 2004, 2015 | Speedway World Cup Winner |
Antonio Lindbäck (born 5 May 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is an international motorcycle speedway rider who currently competes in the Speedway World Championship, finishing eighth in 2016, and was a member of the Swedish team who won the Speedway World Cup in 2004 and 2015.
Lindbäck made his international debut in 2004 with firstly a wild card ride in the Speedway Grand Prix series but he made a bigger impression in the Speedway World Cup riding for the Swedish team. He became the European Under-19 Champion in 2004 and Scandinavian Under-21 Champion in 2005.
He made his full SGP debut in 2005 finishing 10th both in that season and the subsequent 2006 championship.
Prior to the final 2007 Speedway Grand Prix round in Gelsenkirchen, it was announced that Lindbäck had decided to retire from speedway. But in 2008, Lindbäck was deciding to return to speedway, starting in the second league in Sweden. He continued his professional career in 2009.
Lindbäck won his first Grand Prix in the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy in Terenzano.
At the end of the 2007 season Antonio Lindbäck announced that he retired, but made a quick comeback competing for Vargarna in the Swedish second division allsvenskan and he was a major force in bringing the club to the playoff finale. Before the start of the 2009 season he moved to another club called Piraterna. He is also included in the Swedish national team.
Lindbäck was qualified to the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix via the Grand Prix Challenge.
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