Kjastas Poudžuks (born 23 August 1986) is a

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rider from Latvia and the former Latvian champion.

Speedway career

Puodžuks rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the

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during the 2005 Elite League speedway season. He was signed by the Oxford promoter Nigel Wagstaff. Puodžuks was part of the Lokomotiv Daugavpils team that first competed in the Polish leagues in 2005. In 2009, he rode for the first time in the

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(the Swedish leagues).

Speedway Grand Prix results

Honours

* Individual World Championship (

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): **

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- 21 place (4 points) **

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- (1 points) * Individual U-21 World Championship: **

- 13 place (3 point) *Team World Championship (

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): **''

- 4 place in Qualifying round 1 (11 points)'' ** ''

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

- 2nd place in Qualifying round 2 (15 points)'' * Individual U-19 European Championship: **

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- track reserve (2 points) **

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

- 5 place (10 points) **

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

- Silver medal (11 points) * European Club Champions' Cup: **

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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- 4th place (2 points) *Individual Latvian Championship: **2004 - Latvian Champion **2006 - Silver medal **2007 - Latvian Champion **2015 - Latvian Champion *Individual Junior Latvian Championship: **2003 - Latvian Champion **2004 - Latvian Champion **2005 - Latvian Champion **2006 - Latvian Champion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Puodžuks, Kjasts 1986 births Living people Latvian speedway riders Oxford Cheetahs riders Expatriate speedway riders in England Sportspeople from Daugavpils

Speedway career

Speedway Grand Prix results

Honours

See also

References