Grigory Laguta (born April 9, 1984) is a

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rider. Laguta is current Individual Latvian Champion. He is a three-time Russian champion. In 2017 he was suspended for two years for a doping violation after having used

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. Laguta have two speedway licences: Russian (MFR) and Latvian (LaMSF). His brother

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(b. 1990) is also a speedway rider.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Honours

* Individual World Championship (

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) **

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- 32nd place (0 points in 1 GP) **

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- 20th place (8 points in 1 GP) * Team World Championship (

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) **

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- Semi-Final 1 will be on 12 July 2008 * European Club Champions' Cup **

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- 4th place (5 points) ** ''

- 2nd place in Semi-Final 2 (13 points)'' ** ''

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- The Final will be on 6 September 2008 (12 pts in Semi-Final)'' * Individual Latvian Championship ** 2008

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- Latvian Champion

References

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* (ru
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1984 births Living people Russian speedway riders Latvian speedway riders Russian sportspeople in doping cases Latvian sportspeople in doping cases {{speedway-bio-stub

Speedway Grand Prix results

Honours

See also

References

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