Jan Filip Backlund (born 14 April 1990 in Västerås, Västmanland) is a Swedish motorcycle road racer nicknamed ‘The Teacher'[1] He currently competes in the British Superbike Championship for Quattro Plant Cool Kawasaki.
[2] After attempting different forms of motorsport and motorcycling, at the age of 12 he fell in love with Mini Moto and began to race all over Europe with his brother.
[2] Suzuki then invited him to ride in the Superstock 600cc Veidec Trophy in Scandinavia, where he took two wins in two years of competition.
[1] Since 2014, Filip has ridden in the British Superbike Championship, starting with four rounds that year and then full programmes in 2015 & 2016 for Kawasaki.
[3] Filip now resides in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom where he lives with his girlfriend and their cat Felicia.