Rune Sörmander

Rune Bertil Leopold Sörmander (29 November 1929 – 20 December 2020) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.

[1] He earned 66 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.

[2] Sörmander was one of speedway's leading riders during the 1950s and 1960s, he was a three times champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1955, 1958 and 1959.

[5] He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on seven occasions (1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962) and the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship three times (1959, 1961, 1962).

[6][1] He also helped Sweden win the World Team Cup in 1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964 He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for various clubs.