Petteri Silván

Petteri Silván (born 21 October 1972) is a Finnish enduro rider and a five-time World Enduro Champion (including the overall world championship title in 1999). He is also a four-time winner of the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) World Trophy with Team Finland.

Silván won the Finnish rounds of the World Enduro Championship in 1991, which earned him a factory team contract with Husqvarna for the following season. Riding in the 125 cc world championship for Husqvarna, he finished runner-up to Paul Edmondson in 1994 and then won his first world title in 1995. After an injury-filled 1996 season, Silván switched to Gas Gas and the 250 cc class, and won his second title in 1999. In 2000, he returned to Husqvarna and the smaller class, finishing second to KTM's dominant Juha Salminen who won all ten rounds of the season. In the following years, he won his third and fourth world championship titles with Husqvarna before moving to KTM. Silván retired from the World Enduro Championship after the 2005 season, and has since competed in the Finnish national championship. He was named a FIM Enduro Legend by Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme in 2022.

Career summary Season Series Class Team Wins Final placing 1991 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Suzuki 2 11th 1992 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 1 6th 1993 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 1 8th 1994 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 3 2nd 1995 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 5 1st 1996 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 3 5th 1997 World Enduro Championship 250 cc Gas Gas 2 3rd 1998 World Enduro Championship 250 cc Gas Gas 2 6th 1999 World Enduro Championship 250 cc Gas Gas 5 1st 2000 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 0 2nd 2001 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 7 1st 2002 World Enduro Championship 125 cc Husqvarna 5 1st 2003 World Enduro Championship 125 cc KTM 4 2nd 2004 World Enduro Championship E1 KTM 2 4th 2005 World Enduro Championship E1 KTM 2 8th 2006 Finnish Enduro Championship 175 cc KTM 2 2nd 2007 Finnish Enduro Championship 4-stroke Suzuki 1 2nd 2008 Finnish Enduro Championship 250 cc Suzuki 3 1st

ISDE Season Class Team Final placing 1992 Junior Trophy Finland 8th 1994 World Trophy Finland 5th 1995 World Trophy Finland 3rd 1996 World Trophy Finland 1st 1997 World Trophy Finland 2nd 1998 World Trophy Finland 1st 2000 World Trophy Finland 18th 2001 World Trophy Finland 16th 2002 World Trophy Finland 1st 2004 World Trophy Finland 1st 2005 World Trophy Finland 2nd