Born | 4 March 1994 30) Arzignano, Italy | (age
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Nationality | Italian |
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 international speedway rider from Italy. [1] [2]
Castagna is three times Italian Champion, winning the Italian Individual Speedway Championship in 2017, 2018, and 2022. [3] [4] He has also won the Italian Junior Championship three times (2011, 2012, 2014). [1] He has ridden in the British Speedway leagues since 2015, riding for various clubs. In 2019 and 2021 he rode for the Birmingham Brummies. [5]
In 2022, he rode for the Edinburgh Monarchs in the SGB Championship 2022. [6] He won his third Italian Individual Speedway Championship during 2022. [7]
In 2023 and 2024, he re-signed for the Monarchs for the SGB Championship 2023 [8] and the SGB Championship 2024. [9]
His father Armando Castagna was a professional speedway rider from 1985 to 2001 and was a 12 times national champion. [6]
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