Michele Paco Castagna

Last updated

Michele Paco Castagna
Born4 March 1994 (1994-03-04) (age 30)
Arzignano, Italy
NationalityItalian
Career history
Great Britain
2015 Sheffield Tigers
2016 Ipswich Witches
2019, 2021 Birmingham Brummies
2022–2024 Edinburgh Monarchs
Denmark
2021 Nordjysk
Individual honours
2017, 2018, 2022 Italian Champion

Michele Paco Castagna (born 4 March 1994) is an Italian international speedway rider. [1] [2]

Contents

Speedway career

Castagna is three times Italian Champion, winning the Italian Individual Speedway Championship in 2017, [3] 2018, and 2022. [4] [5] He has also won the Italian Junior Championship three times (2011, 2012, 2014). [1] He has ridden in the British Speedway leagues since 2015, [6] riding for various clubs, including Ipswich Witches in 2016. [7] In 2019 and 2021 he rode for the Birmingham Brummies. [8]

In 2022, he rode for the Edinburgh Monarchs in the SGB Championship 2022. [9] He won his third Italian Individual Speedway Championship during 2022. [10]

In 2023 and 2024, he re-signed for the Monarchs for the SGB Championship 2023 [11] and the SGB Championship 2024. [12]

Results

World Championships

Personal life

His father Armando Castagna was a professional speedway rider from 1985 to 2001 and was a 12 times national champion. [9]

Related Research Articles

Craig William Cook is a motorcycle speedway rider from England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hans Andersen (speedway rider)</span> Danish speedway rider

Hans Nørgaard Andersen is a former motorcycle speedway rider, who captained the Denmark national speedway team that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006 and 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scott Nicholls</span> British motorcycle speedway rider

Scott Karl Nicholls is an English motorcycle speedway rider, who has won the British Championship seven times, and was a full participant in the Speedway Grand Prix series between 2002 and 2008. He earned 8 international caps for the England national speedway team and 27 caps for the Great Britain team. He is also a speedway commentator.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danny King (speedway rider)</span> British speedway rider (born 1986)

Daniel Robert King is a British speedway rider. He earned six international caps for the Great Britain national speedway team.

Armando Castagna is a former Italian international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Italy national team and has represented them in several World Team Cup competitions. He is a record 12 times Italian Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicolai Klindt</span> Danish speedway rider

Nicolai Klindt is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider who won the 2007 Individual Under-19 European title.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas H. Jonasson</span> Swedish motorcycle speedway racer

Thomas Hjelm Jonasson is an international motorcycle speedway rider, who ridden for the Swedish national speedway team.

Daniele Tessari is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rory Schlein</span> Australian speedway rider (born 1984)

Rory Robert Schlein is an Australian speedway rider.

Justin Maxwell Sedgmen is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lasse Bjerre</span> Danish speedway rider

Lasse Bjerre Jensen is a speedway rider who won the 2010 Under-21 World Cup with the Denmark team.

Aaron Richard Summers is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider.

Erik Riss is a German speedway and grasstrack rider, who won the World Longtrack Championship in 2014 and 2016, and was German speedway champion in 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nathan Greaves</span> British motorcycle speedway rider

Nathan Robert Greaves is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.

Drew Kemp is a British motorcycle speedway rider.

Cameron Andrew George Heeps is an Australian speedway rider.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claus Vissing</span> Danish speedway rider

Claus Korsbang Vissing is a Danish speedway rider.

Danyon Hume is a speedway rider from England.

Fernando Garcia is an Argentine motorcycle speedway rider. He rides as Coty Garcia in speedway leagues and is a former national champion of Argentina.

The 2024 SGB Championship season is the 77th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 7th known as the SGB Championship. The league is sponsored by Cab Direct.

References

  1. 1 2 "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "PACO CASTAGNA". SpeedwayGP. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Speedway, Covatti domina nella sua Terenzano". Messaggero Veneto. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Italian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Austrii". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Phil Hilton: Ipswich Witches team boss steps down". BBC Sport. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Audio: Castagna grateful for the support of the Ipswich Witches' fans and management". East Anglian Daily Times. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  9. 1 2 "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Italy". Speedway Star. 24 September 2022. p. 36.
  11. ↑ "Paco Castagna unveiled as the Edinburgh Monarchs' sixth signing for 2023". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Paco in Monarchs return". British Speedway. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.