Kev Alexander Coghlan (born 23 June 1988) is a British
motorcycle racer
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. He has won the European Junior Supersport title in 2008 and the Spanish CEV Supersport Championship and the European Supersport title in 2009; he has also ridden in the 125cc and Moto2 World Championships, the
Supersport World Championship
The Supersport World Championship, abbreviated to WorldSSP, is a motorcycle racing competition on hard-surfaced circuits, based on mid-sized sports motorcycles. Competition machines were originally based on production-based motorcycles with 600 ...
and the
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
The European Superstock 1000 Championship, formerly FIM Superstock 1000 Cup or Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, was a supporting class to the Superbike World Championship.
Overview
The series was introduced in 1999 as a European championship and in Octob ...
.
Career
In 2012 Coghlan split his program into
British Supersport Championship
British Supersport Championship is a support series to the British Superbike Championship (BSB) for engine capacities smaller than Superbike. British Supersport runs one or two rounds per weekend at each BSB event. The BSS championship is seen as ...
aboard a
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and the
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
The European Superstock 1000 Championship, formerly FIM Superstock 1000 Cup or Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, was a supporting class to the Superbike World Championship.
Overview
The series was introduced in 1999 as a European championship and in Octob ...
aboard a
Ducati
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, due to the struggles of travelling too and from Britain and Europe Coghlan quit the British Supersport Championship to concentrate on the Superstock 1000 championship, this led to a vast improvement in his results scoring his first podium (2nd place) at Nürburgring
and going on to finish 9th in the championship as well as ending up 17th in the British Supersport Championship.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
Races by year
(
key
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* Key (map ...
)
Supersport World Championship
(
key
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Common meanings
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
British Supersport Championship
Notes
:1. – Race was abandoned after second restart, half points awarded.
References
External links
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125cc World Championship riders
Moto2 World Championship riders
British motorcycle racers
1988 births
Living people
Supersport World Championship riders
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup riders