Renat Gafurov
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Renat Zaytunovich Gafurov (Template:Langx) (born 8 October 1982[1][2]) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Russia.[3][4] He earned 16 caps for the Russia national speedway team.[5]
Career
After representing Russia in the 2003 Speedway World Cup,[6] Gafurov won the silver medal with Simon Vlasov and Siergiej Filiushin at the 2004 European Pairs Speedway Championship in Debrecen, Hungary.[7]
He began his British leagues career when he signed for Oxford Silver Machine during the 2005 Elite League speedway season but only rode in three fixtures,[5] although he did represent Russia again the 2005 World Cup.[8]
Gafurov came to prominence after winning the Russian national championship in 2006.[9] He also enjoyed a better season in Britain with the Swindon Robins.[10]
In 2009, he secured a second Russian national title[9] and also won the 2009 Individual European Championship.[11]
In 2011, he won 2011 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup with Vostok Vladivostok and returned to the British Leagues with Poole Pirates.[12] In 2012 he signed for Belle Vue Aces.[13]
Honours
- Speedway World Cup
- Individual European Championship
- 2004 - Template:Flagicon Holsted - 7th place (8 points)
- 2005 - Template:Flagicon Lonigo - 6th place (10 points)
- 2007 - 11th place in Semi-Final A
- 2009 - Template:Flagicon Tolyatti - European Champion (13 pts + 1st)
- Individual U-19 European Championship
- 2000 - Template:Flagicon Ljubljana - 8th place (8 points)
- 2001 - Template:Flagicon Pardubice - 16th place (1 point)
- European Pairs Championship
- 2004 - Template:Flagicon Debrecen - Silver medal (13 points)
- 2007 - Template:Flagicon Terenzano - Bronze medal (12 points)
- 2008 - Template:Flagicon Natschbach-Loipersbach - Bronze medal (13 points)
- European Club Champions' Cup
- 2001 - Template:Flagicon Daugavpils - Silver medal (4 points)
- 2009 - Template:Flagicon Toruń - 3rd place (11 pts) Vladivostok
See also
References
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