Michele Paco Castagna (born 4 March 1994) is an Italian international speedway rider.

Speedway career

Castagna is four times Italian Champion, winning the Italian Individual Speedway Championship in 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2024. He has also won the Italian Junior Championship three times (2011, 2012, 2014). He has ridden in the British Speedway leagues since 2015, riding for various clubs, including Ipswich Witches in 2016. In 2019 and 2021 he rode for the

Birmingham Brummies Birmingham Brummies are a British Motorcycle speedway, speedway team founded in 1928. They were inaugural members of the Southern League (1929–31), Southern League in 1929. The team have twice finished runner-up in the highest tier of Britis ...

. In 2022, he rode for the

Edinburgh Monarchs The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish speedway team based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess and also runs a ...

in the SGB Championship 2022. He won his third Italian Individual Speedway Championship during 2022. In 2023 and 2024, he re-signed for the Monarchs for the SGB Championship 2023 and the SGB Championship 2024. In 2025, he was awarded Medaglia al valore atletico in his home province of Vicenza in recognition of his achievement in the 2024 Italian Individual Speedway Championship, where he completed the entire series completely unbeaten by an opponent. Castagna returned to race for Birmingham for the third time during the early part of the 2025 Premiership season.

Results

World Championships

* Individual U-21 World Championship **

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– 31st – 2 pts **

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– 20th – 2 pts **

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– 17th – 4 pts

Personal life

His father Armando Castagna was a professional speedway rider from 1985 to 2001 and was a 12 times national champion.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Castagna, Michele Paco Living people 1994 births Italian speedway riders Birmingham Brummies riders Edinburgh Monarchs riders Expatriate speedway riders in Scotland Ipswich Witches riders Italian expatriate speedway riders in England Sheffield Tigers riders Sportspeople from Arzignano Italian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland