Andriy Karpov

Last updated

Andriy Karpov
Born (1987-01-16) 16 January 1987 (age 36)
Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian
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
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 the Ukraine. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

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. 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. [7]

He has represented Ukraine three times in the World Cup. [8] He was also named in the 2022 World Cup squad. [9]

Results

World team Championships

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andreas Jonsson</span> Swedish speedway rider

Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Sweden speedway team that won the World Cup in 2003, 2004 and 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Speedway in Poland</span> Overview of the motorcycle sport in Poland

Speedway is one of the most popular sports in Poland. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland. The first meetings in Poland were held in the 1930s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emil Sayfutdinov</span> Russian motorcycle speedway rider

Emil Damirovich Sayfutdinov is a motorcycle speedway rider from Russia. He is a member of the Russia national speedway team. He is a three times World team champion, twice World Junior champion and a two-time winner of the European Championships in 2014 and 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniil Ivanov</span>

Daniil Ivanov is an international motorcycle speedway and ice speedway rider.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sebastian Ułamek</span> Polish speedway rider

Sebastian Ułamek is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He was a European individual Champion.

Armando Castagna is a former Italian international motorcycle speedway rider. He was born in Arzignano, and was a member of the Italy national team and has represented them in several World Team Cup competitions. He is a record 12 times Italian Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manuel Hauzinger</span> Austrian speedway rider

Manuel Hauzinger is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Austria. He is an eight times champion of Austria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adrian Miedziński</span> Polish speedway rider

Adrian Miedziński is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.

Adrian Rymel is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tomasz Jędrzejak</span> Polish speedway rider

Tomasz Jędrzejak was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider, who was a member of the Poland national speedway team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maciej Janowski</span> Polish speedway rider

Maciej Janowski is a Polish speedway rider who is a member of Poland national speedway team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Artem Laguta</span> Russian speedway rider

Artem Grigoryevich Laguta is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russian national team. He is the 2021 World Champion.

Kai Pekka Laukkanen is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.

Tero Kalevi Aarnio is a motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Przemysław Pawlicki</span> Polish speedway rider

Przemysław Pawlicki is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Poland U-21 and U-19 national teams. Pawlicki is a current Team U-21 World Champion and Team U-19 European Champion).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin Vaculík</span> Slovak motorcycle speedway rider (born 1990)

Martin Vaculík is a Slovak motorcycle speedway rider.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mikkel Michelsen</span> Danish speedway rider

Mikkel Michelsen is a Danish speedway rider.

Dominik Kubera is an international speedway rider from Poland.

Marko Levishyn is an international speedway rider from the Ukraine.

Mathias Thörnblom is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider.

References

  1. ↑ "Andriy Karpov". Speed Week. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Andrey Karpov Ukraina". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Speedway of Nations star studded squads names for new era of FIM speedway of nations". FIM. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "ANDRIY KARPOV". Speedway Ekstraliga. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "European Pairs Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "History". Speedway Euro. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "European Pairs Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "2018 Speedway of Nations". SGP. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "FIM Speedway of Nations 2022: Squads Announced". Eurosport. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.