Fernando Garcia (speedway rider)

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Coty Garcia
Born (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30)
Colonia Barón, Argentina
NationalityArgentinian
Career history
Great Britain
2015, 2019 Berwick Bandits
2016 Glasgow Tigers
2017 Redcar Bears
2018 Ipswich Witches
2018 Edinburgh Monarchs
Individual honours
2020 Argentine National Champion
Team honours
2016 Knockout Cup

Fernando Garcia (born 2 August 1994) is an Argentine motorcycle speedway rider. He rides as Coty Garcia in speedway leagues and is a former national champion of Argentina. [1] [2]

Biography

Born in Colonia Barón, Argentina, Garcia first rode a motor bike aged just six year old in his home town of Salazar. [3] He rode in the final two rounds of the 2012 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.

He first came to British speedway when he signed for Berwick Bandits for the 2015 Premier League speedway season. [1] The following season he signed for Scottish rivals Glasgow Tigers [4] and improved his average by over two points and was a member of the Knockout Cup winning team. [3] Redcar Bears signed him for the SGB Championship 2017. [5]

During the 2018 season he rode for both Ipswich Witches and Edinburgh Monarchs before returning to Berwick for the 2019 season. [6]

In 2020, he won the Argentine Championship. [7] He also win the 2022 Winter national championships. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Coty Garcia". Berwick Speedway. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Getting to know Coty Garcia". Glasgow Tigers Speedway. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "I was living on an apple a day and sleeping rough, the incredible true story of Glasgow Tigers' Argentine ace". Glasgow Live. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Garcia signs for Redcar". Speedway Star. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Coty comes in". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1930-2022 Argentinian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Speedway: Fernando García abrió el fuego del Campeonato Argentino 2022". La Nuevo Provincia. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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