title: Veijo Tuoriniemi
text: # Veijo Tuoriniemi
  
  Veijo Tuoriniemi (7 April 1958 – 9 January 2018) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.
  
  ## Career
  
  Tuoriniemi made his British leagues debut in 1979, when he joined Eastbourne for the 1979 British League season. The same season he won the first of three bronze medals in the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship.
  
  In 1980, he continued to ride for Eastbourne and improved his average considerably. The following season he moved to ride for the Swindon Robins during the 1981 British League season.
  
  Also in 1981, he represented the Finland national speedway team during the 1981 Speedway World Team Cup.
  
  He concentrated on longtrack speedway in the following years and won the Finnish Longtrack Championship for four successive years from 1982 to 1985.
  
  