Giovanni Manzares (born 15 August 1993) is a speedway rider from the United States.

Career

Manzares has won three medals at the

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, silver in 2021 and two bronze in 2013 and 2019. In addition to this success he has won the 2013 AMA Speedway Long Track National Championship and 2012 AMA U21 US Speedway National Championship. He also reached the final of the 2014 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. Manzares began his British racing career riding for Ipswich Witches in the

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finishing with a 6.02 average. He also competed for Ipswich in 2015, finishing with a 5.43 average. He returned to British speedway in 2018 when he signed for the Scunthorpe Scorpions. In the 2021 North American final he crashed and suffered serious injuries which included two broken vertebrae, a collapsed lung and fractured hip and pelvis. Following a long recovery he returned to racing for the 2023 season signing for Swedish team

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References

1993 births Living people American speedway riders Ipswich Witches riders Scunthorpe Scorpions riders {{Speedway-stub