Rune Sörmander

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

Speedway career
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. On 22 June 1952 he won the Continental Speedway Final, which formed part of the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship.

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).

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. His last season in Britain was with the Leicester Hunters in 1957.

Individual World Championship

 * 1953 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 5pts
 * 1957 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium - 5th - 11pts + 1pt
 * 1958 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London Wembley Stadium - 13th - 4pts
 * 1959 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 6pts
 * 1960 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium - 12th - 5pts
 * 1961 - 🇸🇪 Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 8th - 7pts
 * 1962 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 7pts

World Team Cup

 * 1960 - 🇸🇪 Gothenburg, Ullevi (with Olle Nygren / Ove Fundin / Björn Knutson) - Winner - 44pts (11)
 * 1961 - 🇵🇱 Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Sören Sjösten / Ove Fundin / Björn Knutson / Per Tage Svensson) - 2nd - 30pts (4)
 * 1962 - Slaný, Slaný Speedway Stadium (with Björn Knutson / Sören Sjösten / Göte Nordin / Ove Fundin) - Winner - 36pts (3)
 * 1963 - 🇦🇹 Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Björn Knutson / Per Olof Söderman / Göte Nordin / Ove Fundin) - Winner - 37pts (3)
 * 1964 - Abensberg, Abensberg Stadion (with Björn Knutson / Göte Nordin / Ove Fundin / Sören Sjösten) - Winner - 34pts (7)