Gino Manzares

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Gino Manzares
Born (1993-08-15) August 15, 1993 (age 31)
Anaheim, California, United States
NationalityAmerican (United States)
Career history
Great Britain
2014-2015 Ipswich Witches
2018 Scunthorpe Scorpions
Sweden
2023 Njudungarna

Giovanni Manzares (born 15 August 1993) is a speedway rider from the United States. [1]

Career

Manzares has won three medals at the AMA National Speedway Championship, silver in 2021 and two bronze in 2013 and 2019. In addition to this success he has won the 2013 AMA Speedway Long Track National Championship and 2012 AMA U21 US Speedway National Championship. [1] He also reached the final of the 2014 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. [2]

Manzares began his British racing career riding for Ipswich Witches in the 2014 Premier League speedway season finishing with a 6.02 average. [3] He also competed for Ipswich in 2015, finishing with a 5.43 average. [2] [4] He returned to British speedway in 2018 when he signed for the Scunthorpe Scorpions. [5] [2] In the 2021 North American final he crashed and suffered serious injuries which included two broken vertebrae, a collapsed lung and fractured hip and pelvis. [6]

Following a long recovery he returned to racing for the 2023 season signing for Swedish team Elit Vetlanda Speedway [6] and for Örnarna in 2024. [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gino Manzares". Speedway Bikes.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gino Manzares". wwosbackup. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ "USA riders to compete in Ben Fund Bonanza". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Premier League averages" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Gino Manzares". Scunthorpe Scorpions. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Star interview Gino Manzares". Speedway Star. November 19, 2022. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Femettan som avgjorde dramat på Kalvholmen: "Det var skönt"". Varmlands Folkblad. May 23, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Positive news regarding Gino Manzare's injury: "Nothing broken"". Mariestads Tidningen. May 27, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.


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