Russian speedway rider

Artem Grigoryevich Laguta (Russian: Артём Григорьевич Лагута; born 13 November 1990) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider and member of the Russian national team. He is the 2021 World Champion.

Contents

• 1 Career details
  • 1.1 World Championships
  • 1.2 European Championships
  • 1.3 Domestic compe*ions
• 2 Personal life
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Career details

Laguta became the Russian champion in 2010 and 2011. He is also a three times world team champion with Russia after partnering Emil Sayfutdinov during three consecutive years, as Russia won the Speedway of Nations in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Laguta became the 2021 Individual World Champion after winning the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix. He won five rounds out of eleven and overtook defending champion Bartosz Zmarzlik in the points standings in round 10, which proved to be the pivotal moment of the Championship.

In 2022, Laguta was unable to defend his world *le following the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme ban on Russian and Belarusian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and compe*ions as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

World Championships

• Individual U-21 World Championship
  • 2008 - did not started in Qualifying Round 3
  • 2009 - Goričan - 12th place (4 pts)
• Team U-21 World Championship
  • 2008 - 4th place in the Qualifying Round 1

European Championships

• Individual U-19 European Championship
  • 2007 - Częstochowa - 7th place (9 pts)
  • 2008 - Stralsund - 5th place (10 pts)
  • 2009 - Tarnów - 4th place (13 pts + 3rd in Run-Off)
• Team U-19 European Championship
  • 2008 - 2nd place in the Semi-Final 2
• European Club Champions' Cup
  • 2009 - Toruń - 3rd place (8 pts) Vladivostok

Domestic compe*ions

• Team Polish Championship (League)
  • 2008 - 5th place in the First League for Daugavpils (Average 1.894)
  • 2009 - for Daugavpils

Personal life

His brother Grigory is also an international speedway rider and four times Russian champion.

In April 2020, he obtained a dual national speedway licence after obtaining a Polish licence, although he will continue to represent Russia.

See also

• Russia national speedway team

References

External links

• (ru) Riders of Lokomotive Daugavpils