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Simon Vlasov
Simon Vlasov (born January 10, 1981''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (74) / 2008, pages 42-43, ) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider who rode in Speedway World Cup for Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the .... References 1981 births Living people Russian speedway riders {{speedway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolejarz Rawicz
Kolejarz Rawicz (Railwayman Rawicz) is a motorcycle speedway team based in Rawicz, Poland. They currently race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). History The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of Motoklub Rawicz. The club's first team honour was winning the bronze medal in the Team Speedway Polish Championship in 1954 and the following season they went one better after winning the silver medal in 1955. Their leading rider Florian Kapała won the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1953 and 1956. The club was disbanded after the 1959 season and was not reformed until 1996. The club later won the Polish Speedway Second League three times in 2000, 2007 and 2012. In 2008, the club renamed their stadium to the Florian Kapała Stadium, named after a former rider Florian Kapała. The stadium has a capacity of 7,000 and the speedway track is 330 metres long. Teams 2023 team * Scott Nicholls * Hans Andersen * Damian Dró ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokomotiv Daugavpils
Lokomotīve Daugavpils, also known as Lokomotiv Daugavpils, is a Latvian motorcycle speedway team based in Daugavpils who race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). Stadium Stadium Lokomotīve (former name Spīdveja centrs) is located at Jelgavas iela 54, Daugavpils. Its capacity is 10,000 seats. The track is 373 metres long and has a granite surface. The track record was set by Grigory Laguta (66.65 sec on 2 May 2010) 2022 team * Nick Morris * Victor Palovaara * Adam Ellis * Kevin Juhl Pedersen * Jevgeņijs Kostigovs * Daniils Kolodinskis * Ričards Ansviesulis Honours Season by season record Russia Poland Team name changes *''Iskra Daugavpils'': 1964 *''Lokomotiv Daugavpils'': 1966–1993 *''Daugavpils Speedway–Center'': 2003–2004 *''Daugavpils Speedway'': 2005 *''Daugavpils Speedway Center'' (Daugavpils Spīdveja centrs): 2006 *''Lokomotiv Daugavpils'' (Daugavpils Lokomotīve): 2007–''present'' See also * Speedway Grand Prix of Latvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 In Sports
1981 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup – ** Men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA ** Women's overall season champion: Marie-Theres Nadig, Switzerland American football * January 25 – Super Bowl XV: the Oakland Raiders (AFC) won 27−10 over the Philadelphia Eagles (NFC) ** Location: Superdome ** Attendance: 76,135 ** MVP: Jim Plunkett, QB (Oakland) * Sugar Bowl (1980 season): ** The Georgia Bulldogs won 17-10 over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to win the college football national championship * October 11 - LeRoy Irvin sets NFL record for most punt return yards in a game (207). Artistic gymnastics * World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – ** Men's all-around champion: Yuri Korolev, USSR ** Women's all-around champion: Olga Bicherova, USSR ** Men's team competition champion: USSR ** Women's team competition champion: USSR Association football * UEFA Champions League – Liverpool FC 1-0 Real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of track racing, speedway is adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedway World Cup
The Speedway World Cup is an annual motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cup which ran from 1960 until 2000. The last edition was in 2017. From 2018, the World Cup was replaced by the Speedway of Nations, which effectively brought back the pairs format. However, in 2023 the World Cup will return. Format The final tournament usually lasted for about a week with four meetings held in six or seven days. It started with two first round "events", each consisting of four national teams. The winners of these events qualified automatically for the final, while those who finished second and third competed in the race-off. Last place finishers were eliminated. The top two in the race-off joined the event winners in the final. The winners of the final carried home the Ove Fundin Trophy, named after one of the all-time gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia National Speedway Team
Russia are an international speedway team who compete in the major international competition, the Speedway World Cup. They are managed by Andrey Savin and the current captain is Rybnik's Denis Gizatullin. Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on March 6, 2022, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme banned all Russian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions. 2009 Squad * Denis Gizatullin * Grigory Laguta * Renat Gafurov * Roman Povazhny * Denis Saifutdinov * Daniil Ivanov * Roman Ivanov * Sergey Darkin Juniors: * Emil Sayfutdinov * Artem Laguta * Andrey Kudryashov * Sergiej Sygryszew Speedway World Cup The Russia national speedway team has never won the Speedway World Cup. The following table shows their best recent performance in 1996 when the tournament was run with pairs rather than teams. Team U-21 World Championship Notable Soviet Union and Russian Riders * Igor Plechanov * Valery Gordeev * Vladimir Gordeev * Vladimir Pazniko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Births
Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán Department, Morazán and Chalatenango Department, Chalatenango departments. * January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican City, Vatican. * January 20 – Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, sworn in as the 40th President of the United States, ending the Iran hostage crisis. * January 21 – The first DMC DeLorean, DeLorean automobile, a stainless steel sports car with gull-wing doors, rolls off the production line in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. * January 24 – An 1981 Dawu ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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