Rolf Tibblin (born 7 May 1937) is a Swedish former professional motocross racer. [1] He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1957 to 1967 , most prominently as a member of the Husqvarna factory racing team where he was a …

Stronger than Popeye, Rolf Tibblin is a man who always preferred carrots to spinach. He was a muscular rider who could outperform all competitors in any physical exercise. Making his motocross career the hard way, Tibblin soon picked up one title after the other and he took all of his three championships wins on Husqvarnas.

Member of Sweden's championship-winning Motocross of Nations team in 1961 and 1962. | Rolf Tibblin was born May 7, 1937 in Stockholm, Sweden. He became one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the 1960s.

Rolf Tibblin overtook early championship points leader, Jeff Smith, to claim his second consecutive 500cc motocross world championship with his countryman, Sten Lundin taking second place. Tibblin took five Grand Prix victories riding for the Husqvarna factory racing team.

26-year-old reigning champion Rolf Tibblin from Stockholm now made his sixth season as a Husqvarna supported rider. He had previously not only won the 500 cc title, but also the 250 cc European championship in 1959 before this class gained world championship status.

Rolf Tibblin was born May 7, 1937 in Stockholm, Sweden. He became one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the 1960s. In 1958, Tibblin contested the European 250cc Motocross Championship (the predecessor of the World 250cc Motocross Championship), and finished second aboard a Husqvarna.

Now IN HIS twenty-sixth year, Rolf Tibblin, the Swedish moto-cross ace, is a big man in every sense of the word for he stands over six feet tall and has an excellent physique attained by strict...

Aldrig någonsin har det gjorts ett så stort exklusivt bokverk om svensk motocross. Läs om ”Buffalo” Bill Nilsson, Sten ”Storken” Lundin, Rolf Tibblin, Gunnar Johansson och Torsten Hallman. En biografi om deras liv på och utanför banan som professionella motocrossförare.

2020年6月12日 · Rolf Tibblin won the European championship on his 250cc Husqvarna in 1959. The following year he chose to step up the ladder and go for the big-bore 500cc class. Tibblin already had some experience from Husky’s newcomer as he had done the initial tests when the machine was introduced at the beginning of October, 1958.

In 1962 and 1963 Rolf Tibblin became World Champion in the 500cc class with the Husqvarna. In 1964 Tibblin was at the start in Sint Anthonis early in the year with the revolutionary Hedlund and managed to win this Motocross of the Aces for his rival the Englishman Jeff Smith.