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Born | Sukhodol, Soviet Union | April 9, 1984
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Nationality | Russian |
Career history | |
Russia | |
2001–2023 | Vladivostok |
Poland | |
2006–2010 | Daugavpils |
2011–2014 | Częstochowa |
2015 | Toruń |
2016–2017 | Rybnik |
2019–2021 | Motor Lublin |
Sweden | |
2008 | Västervik |
2010–2012 | Valsarna |
2013–2017 | Smederna |
Individual honours | |
2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2023 [1] | Russian Champion |
2008, 2010, 2011, 2014 | Latvian Champion |
Grigory Grigorievich Laguta (born April 9, 1984 [2] ) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Russia. [3] He is a six-times champion of Russia.
Laguta is a six-time Russian Champion [1] winning the title in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022 and 2023. [4]
Laguta previously held two speedway licences: Russian (MFR) and Latvian (LaMSF). This allowed him to become a four times champion of Latvia.
In 2017, he was suspended for two years for a doping violation after having used meldonium. [5] However, he later returned and in 2023, won his sixth Russian national title, which took him to just one win behind the Mikhail Starostin in the all-time list of winners.
His brother Artem Laguta is also a speedway rider, who was the 2021 world champion.
2006 SGP | |||||
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Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
1 (1) | ![]() | 17 | 0 | (0) | 17 |
2007 SGP | |||||
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Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
1 (2) | ![]() | 7 | 8 | (3,1,3,0,1) +0 | 14 |
2008 SGP | |||||
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Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
1 (3) | ![]() | 15 | 2 | (1,1,0,F,0) | 6 |
2009 SGP | |||||
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Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
1 (4) | ![]() | 13 | 6 | (3,1,1,1,X) | 10 |
permanent speedway rider | |
wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve | |
rider not classified (track reserve who did not start) |
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