Armando Castagna
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Armando Castagna is a former Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 international motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

 rider. He was a member of the Italy national team
Italy national speedway team
The Italy national speedway team are motorcycle speedway national team from Italy.- 2011 Team :* Guglielmo Franchetti* Mattia Carpanese* Cristian Carrica* Nicolas Covatti* Marco Gregnanin- Speedway World Cup :- Riders :...

 and has represented them in several World Team Cup
Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.-Format:From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders and a reserve...

 competitions.

Career

He rode in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 for the Ipswich Witches
Ipswich Witches
The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm....

 and Oxford (Cheetahs) but he spent the majority of his UK career with the Reading Racers
Reading Racers
Reading Racers were a British motorcycle speedway team. Formed in 1968, they won four British League titles during their history...

 where he won the British League
Speedway British League
The British League was the top division of Speedway in the United Kingdom from 1965 until 1995 when it became known as the Premier League. Prior to 1965 the division had been known as the National League....

 title twice. He has ridden in the Speedway Grand Prix
Speedway Grand Prix
Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. As of 2008, all of the events take place in Europe.- Event format :...

 series and has reached five Speedway World Championship
Speedway World Championship
The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world. Today, it is organised as a series of Speedway Grand Prix events, where points are awarded according to performance in the event and tallied up at the end of each...

 finals. He won the Italian National Championship a record twelve times.

World final appearances

  • 1985
    1985 Individual Speedway World Championship
    The 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*August 31, 1985 Bradford, Odsal Stadium...

     -  United Kingdom Bradford
    Bradford
    Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

    , Odsal Stadium
    Odsal Stadium
    Odsal Stadium is a stadium situated in Odsal, Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. The venue is used for rugby league and has been the home ground of Bradford Bulls/Bradford Northern since 1934...

     - 13th - 4pts
  • 1986
    1986 Individual Speedway World Championship
    The 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*August 30, 1986 Chorzów, Silesian Stadium...

     -  Poland Chorzów
    Chorzów
    Chorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million...

    , Silesian Stadium - 15th - 2pts
  • 1990
    1990 Individual Speedway World Championship
    The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship.-Continental Final:*August 12, 1990 Norden, Motodrom Halbemond-North American Final:*June 2, 1990 Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium-Scandinavian Final:*June 9, 1990 Linköping, Motorstadium...

     -  United Kingdom Bradford
    Bradford
    Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

    , Odsal Stadium
    Odsal Stadium
    Odsal Stadium is a stadium situated in Odsal, Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. The venue is used for rugby league and has been the home ground of Bradford Bulls/Bradford Northern since 1934...

     - 8th - 8pts
  • 1991
    1991 Individual Speedway World Championship
    The 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*August 31, 1991 Göteborg, Ullevi...

     -  Sweden Göteborg, Ullevi
    Ullevi
    Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

     - 11th - 6pts
  • 1993
    1993 Individual Speedway World Championship
    The 1993 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*August 29, 1993 Pocking, Rottalstadion...

     -  Germany Pocking
    Pocking
    Pocking is a town in the district of Passau, in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is situated about 30 km south-west of Passau, close to the Austrian border.-History:...

    , Rottalstadion - 12th - 5pts

Retirement

Since retiring in 2001, Castagna took charge of speedway in Italy and is the Italia national team
Italy national speedway team
The Italy national speedway team are motorcycle speedway national team from Italy.- 2011 Team :* Guglielmo Franchetti* Mattia Carpanese* Cristian Carrica* Nicolas Covatti* Marco Gregnanin- Speedway World Cup :- Riders :...

manager.
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