Born | Lonigo, Italy | 11 May 1965
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Nationality | Italian |
Career history | |
1988 | Sheffield Tigers |
Individual honours | |
1987, 1989 | Italian champion |
Team honours | |
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992 | Speedway World Pairs Championship finalist |
Valentino Furlanetto (born 11 May 1965) is a former international speedway rider from Italy. [1] [2]
Furlanetto reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship six times from 1986 until 1992. [3]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1988, riding for Sheffield Tigers. [4] He was the 1987 and 1989 Italian champion. [1]
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