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Rolf Gramstad

Rolf Gramstad
Born (1957-01-05) 5 January 1957 (age 60)
Sandnes, Norway
Nationality  Norway
Current club information
Career status Retired
Career history
1977 Vienna
1978–1979 Swindon Robins
1980–1981 Leicester Lions
Individual honours
1981 Nordic Long Track Champion

Rolf Gramstad (born 5 January 1957) is a Norwegian former motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the British League for Swindon Robins and Leicester Lions.

Gramstad was born in Sandnes, Norway in 1957. He rode for Vienna in 1977, gaining his first cap for Norway later that year and first raced in Britain with Swindon Robins in 1978, and after two season moved to Leicester Lions, where from a starting point of reserve he became a heat leader by the end of his first season, averaging over 7.4. In 1981, he won the Nordic Long Track Championship.

His career was ended in September 1981 by an accident while competing in grasstrack in West Germany, which left him paralysed. By the end of the year he was able to walk with crutches but he was unable to race again.


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