Andriy Karpov
Born | Ukraine | 16 January 1987
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Nationality | Ukrainian |
Career history | |
Poland | |
2004 | Lviv |
2005 | Rivne |
2006 | Rzeszów |
2007–2008 | Gdańsk |
2009–2011 | Rybnik |
2012–2014 | Grudziądz |
2015 | Kraków |
2016–2017 | Zielona Góra |
2019–2020 | Krosno |
Sweden | |
2017 | Smederna |
Denmark | |
2009–2016 | Holstebro |
2018–2019 | Region Varde |
Individual honours | |
2009 | European Championship silver |
2010, 2012 | European Championship bronze |
2006 | European Junior Championship silver |
Team honours | |
2012 | European Pairs champion |
Andriy Karpov (born 16 January 1987) also spelt Andriej Karpov is a motorcycle speedway rider from Ukraine.[1][2][3]
Career
Karpov came to prominence when competing the Polish leagues, initially for the Ukrainian teams in Polish Speedway Second League but then in the Ekstraliga for Rzeszów in 2006.[2][4]
It was during 2006 that he won a silver medal at the European Individual Speedway Junior Championship. He quickly gained full international caps for the Ukraine national speedway team and represented them in the European Pairs Speedway Championship.[5]
Karpov reached the final of the 2008 Speedway Under-21 World Championship and started competing in the Individual European Championship, where he won a silver medal at the 2009 Individual Speedway European Championship. He won further medals by winning bronze in 2010 and 2012.[6]
He stood as a qualified substitute for the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix (the World Championship) after reaching the Grand Prix Challenge final during the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification.[7] He also started racing in the Danish Speedway League.
His finest moment arrived after he won the gold medal at the 2012 European Pairs Speedway Championship, where he partnered Aleksandr Loktaev.[8] In 2017, he signed for Smederna in the Swedish league.[9]
He has represented Ukraine three times in the World Cup.[10] He was also named in the 2022 World Cup squad.[11]
Results
World team Championships
- 2012 Speedway World Cup - qualifying round
- 2013 Speedway World Cup - qualifying round
- 2018 Speedway of Nations - race off 1
References
- ^ "Andriy Karpov". Speed Week. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Andrey Karpov Ukraina". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Speedway of Nations star studded squads names for new era of FIM speedway of nations". FIM. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "ANDRIY KARPOV". Speedway Ekstraliga. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "European Pairs Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "History". Speedway Euro. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Laguta wins GP Challenge as Jonasson and Stead fall short". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "European Pairs Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "Trots förlusten – Smedernas Andrej Karpov nöjd med premiären: "Superspeedway"". Sala Allehanda. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "2018 Speedway of Nations". SGP. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ "FIM Speedway of Nations 2022: Squads Announced". Eurosport. Retrieved 15 April 2023.