Francis Gusts

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Francis Gusts
Born2 January 2003 (2003-01-02) (age 20)
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
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]

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Speedway career

Gusts became the European Junior Champion after winning the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in his home country. [3]

In 2021, Gusts helped Latvia qualify for the final of the 2021 Speedway of Nations (the World team Championships of speedway). [4] [5] He competed in the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship [6]

In 2022, he finished in 10th place during the World Under-21 Championship in the 2022 SGP2 [7] and helped PSŻ Poznań win the 2022 2.Liga. [8] 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. [9]

Major results

World individual Championship

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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. "2021 Speedway of Nations". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. "DOYLE'S AUSSIE PRIDE". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  6. "OVERALL SEASON CLASSIFICATION". Speedway U21. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. "World Under 21 SGP2". FIM. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  8. "2022 Liga 2 results". Flash Score. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. "POLES PICK UP RECORD 16TH WORLD UNDER-21 TEAM TITLE AT DeWALT FIM SON2 IN RIGA". FIM. Retrieved 17 August 2023.