Ove Lundell

Ove Vilmer Lundell was a Swedish professional motocross racer, born on 29 May 1930 in Möklinta outside Sala, and died on 4 September 2001. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1958 to 1965 and was one of the top off-road motorcyclists of his era. His career began at fifteen on the Wall of Death at Swedish circuses, and in the 1950s and 1960s he rode for the Monark factory racing team. He won his first and only world championship race at the 1963 500cc Russian Grand Prix, taking six heat races and one Grand Prix in all, and he won three 500cc Swedish Motocross Championships in 1955, 1958 and 1960. He was named to the Swedish Motocross des Nations team ten times and took part in three Swedish victories, and he won gold medals at the International Six Days Trial in 1954 and 1956.