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Nicolás Covatti (born 19 June 1988) is an Argentine and Italian
motorcycle speedway rider. He rides under an Italian licence and qualifies for the
Italian national team and is a six times
national champion of Italy and five times
national champion of Argentina.
Biography
Born in
Coronel Pringles, Argentina, Covatti first came to the attention of the speedway public when he raced in the
2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy and was then signed up to ride for the
Birmingham Brummies
Birmingham Brummies are a British speedway team founded in 1928. They were inaugural members of the Southern League in 1929. The team have twice finished runner-up in the highest tier of British speedway, during the 1952 Speedway National Le ...
in the
Elite League just days later.
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, 13 August 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2014 He continued to ride for Birmingham the following year in the Elite League but suffered a broken wrist while riding as a wildcard in the Italian
Grand Prix and lost his place;
[Elite League Speedway: Nico Covatti replaces Edward Kennett at Birmingham]
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, 6 May 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014 He was not included in the team for the 2014 season. After the team made a poor start to the season Covatti returned to Birmingham in May, replacing the British rider
Edward Kennett
Edward David Kennett (born 28 August 1986 in Hastings, England) is a motorcycle speedway rider. He was the British Under-21 Champion in 2005 and has appeared in two Speedway Grand Prix as a wild card.
Kennett's father Dave, was a motorcycle ...
.
With the Brummies folding during the season, Covatti joined
Premier League
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team
Sheffield Tigers
The Sheffield 'Tru Plant' Tigers are a motorcycle speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Premiership, and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium. The Tigers traditionally hold their race ...
in August.
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Also in 2014, Covatti represented Italy in the
Speedway World Cup
The Speedway World Cup is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old World Team Cup which ran from 1960 until 2000. The last ed ...
.
He was given a wildcard entry to the GP Challenge in
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, and narrowly missed out on qualification for the 2015 SGP series, finishing in 5th place.
In 2018, Covatti signed again for the
Ipswich Witches
The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm (first r ...
at the beginning of the season and then later in the season, he signed for
Somerset Rebels
The Somerset Rebels were a British speedway team based in Highbridge, Somerset. Founded in 2000, the club competed in the British SGB Championship until 2019. Their home track was located at the Oak Tree Arena.
History
The club's stadium, The ...
after the controversial departure of
Charles Wright. He was part of the Somerset team that won the
SGB Championship Fours
The SGB Championship Fours formerly the Premier League Four-Team Championship is a contest between teams competing in the second tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. Teams are grouped into fours, with one rider from each team in each race. The ...
, which was held on 23 June 2019, at the
East of England Arena
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.
See also
*
Italy national speedway team
The Italy national speedway team are motorcycle speedway national team from Italy. The best achievement of team is 7th place in Speedway World Cup in 2004.
2013 Team
* Michele Paco Castagna
* Nicolas Vicentin
* Guglielmo Franchetti
* Nicolas C ...
*
List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
This is a complete list of riders who have entered a FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995.
''After 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 September 2015)''
Index
A
* Leigh Adams
* Zoltán Adorján
* Sebastian Aldén
* Stefano Alfonso
* ...
References
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1988 births
Argentine speedway riders
Italian speedway riders
Living people
Birmingham Brummies riders
Sheffield Tigers riders
Somerset Rebels riders
People from Coronel Pringles
Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province