The 2009 Individual European Championship will be the 9th UEM
Individual Speedway European Championship
The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off me ...
season. The final took place on 23 August, 2009 in
Tolyatti
Tolyatti ( rus, Толья́тти, p=tɐlʲˈjætʲ(ː)ɪ), also known as Togliatti, formerly known as Stavropol (1737–1964), is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the largest city in Russia which doe ...
,
Russia
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. The championship was won by
Renat Gafurov
Renat Zaytunovich Gafurov (russian: Ренат Зайтунович Гафуров) (born October 8 1982) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Russia, who was a member of Russia national team.
Career
Gafurov won 2009 Individual Europea ...
(Russia), who beat
Andriej Karpov
Andriy Karpov (born 16 January 1987) also spelt Andriej Karpov is a motorcycle speedway rider from the Ukraine.
Career
Karpov came to prominence when competing the Polish leagues, initially for the Ukrainian teams in Polish Speedway Second Lea ...
(Ukraine) and Aleš Dryml, Jr. (Czech Republic) in Run-Off. The defending champion,
Matej Žagar
Matej Žagar (born 3 April 1983 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won two Individual Speedway European Champion titles in 2004 and 2008.
Career
In 2002, he won the 2002 Individual Speedway Junior European ...
, lost in semi-final 3.
Calendar
Qualifying rounds
Semi-finals
Final
The Final
* 23 August 2009 (16:00 UTC+5)
*
Tolyatti
Tolyatti ( rus, Толья́тти, p=tɐlʲˈjætʲ(ː)ɪ), also known as Togliatti, formerly known as Stavropol (1737–1964), is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the largest city in Russia which doe ...
, Stadium “STROITEL” (Length: 353 m)
*Referee: Anthony Steele
*Jury President: Andrzej Grodzki
*Change:
:(10)
Adrian Gomólski
Adrian Gomólski (born 29 April 1987) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
Career
He represented the Poland national U-21 team. He started his speedway career in 2003.
Family
His father Jacek Gomólski and his bro ...
(injury) → track reserve Darkin
:(5) Rafał Trojanowski → track reserve A.Dryml, Jr.
:(17) A.Dryml, Jr. →
Manuel Hauzinger
Manuel Hauzinger (born 3 December 1982, in Vienna, Austria) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Austria. He is an eight times champion of Austria.
Career
He rode in the United Kingdom for the Berwick Bandits in the Premier League. He als ...
→ None
:(18) Darkin →
Patrick Hougaard
Patrick Hald Hougaard (born 23 May 1989)www.ddnp.co.uk Retrieved on 2008-07-04. is a → None
:
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 ...
References
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