Francis Gusts

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Francis Gusts
Born2 January 2003 (2003-01-02) (age 22)
Riga, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Career history
Poland
2020 Lokomotiv Daugavpils
2022 Poznań
2023–2024 Wrocław
Sweden
2021–2022 Masarna
2023 Lejonen
2024 Vargarna
Denmark
2022–2023 Grindsted
Great Britain
2025 Oxford
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
Starts2
Finalist0 times
Winner0 times
Individual honours
2021 European Junior Champion
Team honours
2023 World U23 Team bronze

Francis Gusts (born 2 January 2003) is an international speedway rider from Latvia. [1] [2]

Contents

Speedway career

Gusts became the European Junior Champion after winning the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in his home country. [3] During the same year, Gusts, riding with riding partners Ernests Matjusonoks and Ričards Ansviesulis, won the European U19 pairs title. [4]

In 2021, Gusts helped the Latvia national speedway team qualify for the final of the 2021 Speedway of Nations (the World team Championships of speedway). [5] [6] He competed in the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship [7] He signed for Masarna for the 2021 and 2022 Swedish speedway seaasons. [8]

In 2022, he finished in 10th place during the World Under-21 Championship in the 2022 SGP2 [9] and helped PSŻ Poznań win the 2022 2.Liga. [10] In 2023, he rode in the Latvian Grand Prix and won the bronze medal in the Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship, after finishing third at the 2023 Speedway of Nations 2. [11] [12]

In 2024, he qualified for the final series of the 2024 SGP2 (the World U21 Championship). [13] In 2025, Gusts signed for the Oxford Spires making his British league debut season. [14]

Major results

World individual Championship

World team Championships

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References

  1. ↑ "Rider profile". Speedway U21. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Francis Gusts". ElitSpeedway. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "European U19 Final (Riga) 07/08/2021". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Eiropas Spīdveja Čempionāta (junioriem) Fināls pāriem". Aula.lv. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "2021 Speedway of Nations". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "DOYLE'S AUSSIE PRIDE". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Daugavpils will host two international sports events – semi-finals of the Speedway of Nations". Visit Daugavpils. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "För Francis är studierna lika viktiga som speedway: "Gäller att ha en plan"". Avesta Tidning. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "World Under 21 SGP2". FIM. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "2022 Liga 2 results". Flash Score. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Speedway of Nations u21: złoto dla biało-czerwonych!". Poinformowani. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "POLES PICK UP RECORD 16TH WORLD UNDER-21 TEAM TITLE AT DeWALT FIM SON2 IN RIGA". FIM. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Swedish duo among SGP2 qualifiers". FIM. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Oxford Spires sign Latvia rider Francis Gusts for 2025". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
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