Francis Gusts (born 2 January 2003) is an international
speedway rider from Latvia.
Speedway career
Gusts became the
European Junior Champion after winning the
2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in his home country.
In 2021, Gusts helped Latvia qualify for the final of the
2021 Speedway of Nations
The 2021 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the fourth FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. The final was held on 16 & 17 October 2021 and was won by Great Britain, with Poland taki ...
(the World team Championships of speedway). He competed in the
2021 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
In 2022, he finished in 10th place during the
World Under-21 Championship in the
2022 SGP2
The 2022 SGP2 series was the 46th edition of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Individual Under-21 World Championship. It was staged as the SGP2 class of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix ...
and helped
PSŻ Poznań
Poznańskie Stowarzyszenie Żużlowe (''Poznań Speedway Association'') is a Polish Motorcycle speedway, speedway team based in Poznań who currently race in Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). The club have never ridden in the Polish top di ...
win the
2022 2.Liga. In 2023, he rode in the
Latvian Grand Prix and won the bronze medal in the
Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship
The Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship is a speedway competition to determine the World Championship for national Under-21 teams. The sport's equivalent of the Under-21 World Cup in football, as of 2022 the title is awarded to the winners ...
, after finishing third at the
2023 Speedway of Nations 2.
Major results
World individual Championship
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2023 Speedway Grand Prix - =24th
References
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Living people
2003 births
Latvian speedway riders