The 2022 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification was a series of

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meetings used to determine the three riders that qualified for the

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. The series consisted of four qualifying rounds at

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and

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and the Grand Prix Challenge at

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. The preliminary qualifiers were originally due to take place in late May but were delayed to June with a change in venue with Lamothe-Landerron and Abensberg dropping out of hosting a qualifier due to the pandemic. The 2020 Australian Championship, the American Final and the DMU Qualifier were among the pre-qualifying events staged by national federations to determine their nominations. The three riders that eventually qualified for the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix series via the Grand Prix Challenge were

Paweł Przedpełski Paweł Przedpełski (born 23 June 1995) is a speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Leicester Lions in the SGB Premiership 2017. He currently rides for Apator Toruń in Poland. He ...

Max Fricke Max Fricke (born 29 March 1996) is an Australian speedway rider. He is a World team champion, twice Australian champion and four times Australian Under-21 Champion. Career Juniors Fricke competed in junior levels of motocross and speedway in ...

and

Patryk Dudek Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Polish national speedway team. Career Dudek's father, Sławomir, was a professional rider and Patryk gained his speedway licence in 2008. Dudek ...

Qualifying rounds

Final

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Grand Prix Challenge

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Andžejs Ļebedevs Andžejs Ļebedevs (born 4 November 1994) is a Latvian speedway rider. Career Ļebedevs finished in 16th place during the 2022 Speedway World Championship, after securing 26 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix. He was selected as a reserv ...

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Dan Bewley Daniel Bewley (born 10 May 1999) is a British international speedway rider. Career Bewley started riding for the Belle Vue Colts and as a reserve for the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2017. In 2017, he won the National League Riders' Championship befor ...

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Chris Holder Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider currently riding for Lejonen in the Swedish Elitserien and for Apator Toruń in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. He became the Austral ...

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Jevgeņijs Kostigovs Jevgeņijs Kostigovs (born 20 November 1996) is a Latvian motorcycle speedway rider. Career Kostigovs became champion of Latvia in 2018 after winning the Latvian Individual Speedway Championship. He has won silver and bronze medals at the Eur ...

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Jan Kvěch Jan Kvěch (born 18 October 2001) is an international speedway rider from the Czech Republic. Speedway career Kvěch won the bronze medal at the Czech Republic Championship in 2019. He qualified for the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix The 2021 Speed ...

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Nicolai Klindt Nicolai Klindt (born 29 December 1988 in Outrup, Denmark) is a Danish speedway rider who won the 2007 Individual Under-19 European title. Career In 2006, Klindt won the Danish Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship and followed up the succe ...

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Tobiasz Musielak Tobiasz Musielak (born 18 August 1993 in Leszno, Poland) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who rode for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League and has also ridden for Swindon Robins and Sheffield Tigers. Career Musielak, the younger b ...

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Adam Ellis Adam Ellis (born 21 March 1996) is a British grasstrack and speedway rider and former British champion. Biography Born in Marmande, France, Ellis began grasstrack racing in 2009, going on to finish second in the 250cc French Grasstrack Champ ...

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Artem Laguta Artem Grigoryevich Laguta (russian: Артём Григорьевич Лагута; born 13 November 1990) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russian national team. He is the 2021 World Champion. Career details Laguta be ...

and

Emil Sayfutdinov Emil Damirovich Sayfutdinov (russian: link=no, Эмиль Дамирович Сайфутдинов; born 26 October 1989) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russia national speedway team. He is a three times Speedway of Na ...

due to the

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, Discovery Sports Events elected to give a wildcard to number one and two of the reserve list of 2022, Jack Holder and Dan Bewley.

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Speedway Grand Prix Qualification The Speedway Grand Prix Challenge or Speedway Grand Prix Qualification is an annual speedway qualifying tournament to determine the qualifiers for the Speedway Grand Prix, which is the World Championship of speedway. History From 1995 the Indiv ...

Speedway Grand Prix Qualifications

Qualification Qualification is either the process of qualifying for an achievement, or a credential attesting to that achievement, and may refer to: * Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...

Qualifying rounds

Final

Grand Prix Challenge

See also

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