Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

are an international

speedway Speedway may refer to: Racing Race tracks *Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta *Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a motor raceway in Speedway, Indiana Types of races and race cours ...

team who compete in the major international competition, the

Speedway World Cup The Speedway World Cup is an annual motorcycle speedway, 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 Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cu ...

. They are managed by Andrey Savin and the current captain is Rybnik's

Denis Gizatullin Denis Gizatullin (born 11 March 1983 in Oktiabrsky, Russia) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider and former captain of the Russian national team. Career He is a two times Russian champion. He first rode in the British leagues ...

. Due to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, on March 6, 2022, the

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM; en, International Motorcycling Federation) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 116 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regiona ...

banned all Russian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions.

2009 Squad

Grigory Laguta Grigory Laguta (born April 9, 1984) is a Russian-born Latvian motorcycle speedway 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 havin ...

Renat Gafurov Renat Zaytunovich Gafurov (russian: Ренат Зайтунович Гафуров) (born October 8 1982) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Russia, who was a member of Russia national team. Career Gafurov won 2009 Individual Europea ...

Roman Povazhny Roman Povazhny (Russian: ''Поважный, Роман Александрович''; born October 23, 1976''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (73) / 2008, pages 18-19, ) is a Russian-Polish former international motorcycle speedway rider. He gained Polish ...

Denis Saifutdinov Denis Damirovich Saifutdinov (russian: Денис Дамирович Сайфутдинов; born 2 June 1981''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (74) / 2008, pages 30-31, ) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the 2002 Speedway World Cup for R ...

Daniil Ivanov Daniil Ivanov (born September 23, 1986 in Russia) is an international motorcycle speedway and ice speedway rider. Speedway career Ivanov is a four time World Champion winning the gold medal at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in the ...

Roman Ivanov Roman Ivanov (russian: Роман Васильевич Иванов; born March 19, 1984, in Tolyatti, Russia''Świat Żużla'', No 3 (75) / 2008, pages 24, ) is a former Russian speedway rider who was a member of Russia national team. Honours ...

* Sergey Darkin Juniors: *

Emil Sayfutdinov Emil Damirovich Sayfutdinov (russian: link=no, Эмиль Дамирович Сайфутдинов; born 26 October 1989) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russia national speedway team. He is a three times Speedway of Na ...

Artem Laguta Artem Grigoryevich Laguta (russian: Артём Григорьевич Лагута; born 13 November 1990) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russian national team. He is the 2021 World Champion. Career details Laguta be ...

Andrey Kudryashov Andrey Kudriashov (russian: Андре́й Алексе́евич Кудряшо́в; born July 10, 1991) is a Russian speedway rider who ride for KMŻ Lublin in the Polish First League (second division). Career history 2009 Andrey Kudriashov ...

* Sergiej Sygryszew

Speedway World Cup

The Russia national speedway team has never won the

. The following table shows their best recent performance in 1996 when the tournament was run with pairs rather than teams.

Team U-21 World Championship

Notable Soviet Union and Russian Riders

Igor Plechanov Igor Alexandrovich Plekhanov (russian: Игорь Александрович Плеханов) (July 26, 1933 in Ufa, Russian SFSR – August 1, 2007) was a Soviet speedway rider who finished second in the Speedway World Championship in 1964 and ...

Valery Gordeev Valery Gordeev (born 28 August 1952 in Balakovo, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet international speedway rider who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times. His older brother Vladimir Gordeev is also a former rider who q ...

Vladimir Gordeev Vladimir Gordeev (born 30 November 1950 in Georgia, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet international speedway rider who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship three times but was disqualified in 1971 for using illegal fuel additives. ...

Vladimir Paznikov Vladimir Paznikov (born 1949 in Novosibirsk, Soviet Union - died June 2008 Novosibirsk) was a Soviet international speedway rider who reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1973. He was also a very accomplished ice speedway ride ...

Viktor Trofimov Viktor Ivanovich Trofimov (russian: Виктор Иванович Трофимов) (22 March 1938 – 1 October 2013) is a former Soviet international speedway rider who reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1972 and 1975. ...

Rinat Mardanshin Rinat Mukatdisovich Mardanshin (russian: Ринат Мукатдисович Марданшин; December 24, 1963 – January 19, 2005) was a Russian motorcycle speedway rider of Tatar ethnicity, who rode in the 2001 Speedway World Cup for Russ ...

Oleg Kurguskin Oleg Anatolyevich Kurguskin (russian: Олег Анатольевич Кургускин; born 11 April 1966, in Elista)Emil Sayfutdinov Emil Damirovich Sayfutdinov (russian: link=no, Эмиль Дамирович Сайфутдинов; born 26 October 1989) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russia national speedway team. He is a three times Speedway of Na ...

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Speedway World Cup

Team U-21 World Championship

Notable Soviet Union and Russian Riders

See also

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