David Salom Fuentes (born 16 October 1984) is a Spanish professional

motorcycle racer Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Oth ...

. He won the 2006 Spanish Supersport Championship.

Motorcycle racing career

Fuentes was born in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of Mallorc ...

, Spain. In 2011 he reached second place at

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, third at Aragon and achieved three

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s at

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, Silverstone and Estoril. In 2012, Salom was replaced by Iván Silva in the Avintia Blusens team from

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after disappointing results. For 2013, Salom has signed to the Czech-based Intermoto Ponyexpres team.Intermoto

Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Motors Racing was the European subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, located in the Netherlands. It was responsible for managing the racing activities of the MotoGP team. The subsidiary was established in 2007 as a result of the Japan ...

, 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013. He is the cousin of late

Luis Salom Luis Jaime Salom Horrach (7 August 1991 – 3 June 2016) was a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Salom died after a practice accident at Circuit de Catalunya, when making contact with his bike and the wall after a high-speed accident. Racing ...

Career statistics

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Races by year

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salom, David Living people 1984 births Spanish motorcycle racers Avintia Racing MotoGP riders Superbike World Championship riders Supersport World Championship riders Sportspeople from Palma de Mallorca MotoGP World Championship riders