Individual Speedway European Championship
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The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual 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...

 event held each year organized by the European Motorcycle Union
Union Européenne de Motocyclisme
The Union Européenne de Motocyclisme or European Motorcycle Union is the FIM affiliated federation responsible for Motorcycle sport within Europe.-History:...

 (UEM) since 2001.

The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age (starting on the date of the rider's birthday).

Current European Champion is Renat Gafurov
Renat Gafurov
Renat Zaytunovich Gafurov is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Russia national team. Gafurov won 2009 Individual European Championship.- Honours :* Speedway World Cup** 2003 - 8th place Renat Zaytunovich Gafurov (born October 8 1982) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider...

 from Russia
Russia
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. Next Final will be in 2010 season in Tarnów
Tarnów
Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...

, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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Previous winners

Year Venue Winners 2nd place 3rd place
2001   Heusden Zolder   Bohumil Brhel
Bohumil Brhel
Bohumil Brhel is a Czech speedway rider and he won the 2001 Individual European Champion title. He won the Czechoslovakian title on six occasions-World Final Appearances:* 1989 - Munich, Olympic Stadium - 16th - 1pt...

 (14 pts)
  Mariusz Staszewski
Mariusz Staszewski
Mariusz Staszewski - a Polish speedway rider who was second in 2001 Individual Speedway European Championship.Speedway licence he past in 1991.- Honours :* Individual European Championship:...

 (13 pts)
  Krzysztof Cegielski
Krzysztof Cegielski
Krzysztof Cegielski is a former Polish speedway rider who was a permanent Speedway Grand Prix rider in 2002 and 2003 season.In 2003 he was involved in a crash on track in a Swedish League match which ended his racing career...

 (12+3 pts)
2002   Rybnik
Rybnik
Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...

  Magnus Zetterström
Magnus Zetterström
Hans Magnus Zetterström is an international motorcycle speedway rider who rides for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League. Zetterström became European Champion in 2002 and won the Premier League Riders Championship in 2006...

 (12+3 pts)
  Krzysztof Kasprzak
Krzysztof Kasprzak
Krzysztof Kasprzak is an international speedway rider who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005. He is a son of former Polish national speedway team member Zenon Kasprzak...

 (12+2 pts)
  Rafał Szombierski (11+3 pts)
2003   Slaný
Slaný
The Royal town1 of Slaný is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located about 25 km northwest of Prague. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area....

  Krzysztof Kasprzak
Krzysztof Kasprzak
Krzysztof Kasprzak is an international speedway rider who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005. He is a son of former Polish national speedway team member Zenon Kasprzak...

 (12+3 pts)
  Sławomir Drabik (12+2 pts)   Magnus Zetterström
Magnus Zetterström
Hans Magnus Zetterström is an international motorcycle speedway rider who rides for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League. Zetterström became European Champion in 2002 and won the Premier League Riders Championship in 2006...

 (11 pts)
2004   Holsted
Holsted
Holsted is a town with a population of 3,145 and a former municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 190 km², and had a total population of 6,965...

  Matej Žagar
Matej Žagar
Matej Žagar is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won Individual Speedway European Champion titles...

 (14+3 pts)
  Matej Ferjan
Matej Ferjan
Matej Ferjan , was a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who also rode for the Hungary national speedway team....

 (14+2 pts)
  Hans N. Andersen (12 pts)
2005   Lonigo
Lonigo
Lonigo is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16.000 inhabitants.In its frazione of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance patrician villa designed by Andrea Palladio, which is part of a World Heritage Site...

  Jesper B. Jensen
Jesper B. Monberg
Jesper Bruun Monberg is a Danish speedway rider who has won the 2005 Individual European Championship, 1997 Under-21 Junior World Championship and 1997 Team World Championship titles. Previously known as Jesper B...

 (14+3 pts)
  Aleš Dryml, Jr.
Aleš Dryml, Jr.
Aleš Dryml, Jr. is a Czech speedway rider who has won 2004 and 2007 European Pairs Speedway Champion titles. He was permanent rider of 2004 Speedway Grand Prix series. He has twice won the European Pairs Championship with brother Lukáš...

 (14+2 pts)
  Kai Laukkanen
Kai Laukkanen
Kai Laukkanen is a Finland motorcycle speedway rider who rode in 2004 Speedway Grand Prix. Laukkanen won bronze medal in 2005 Individual Speedway European Championship.- World Championships :...

 (12 pts)
2006   Miskolc
Miskolc
Miskolc is a city in northeastern Hungary, mainly with heavy industrial background. With a population close to 170,000 Miskolc is the fourth largest city of Hungary It is also the county capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and the regional centre of Northern Hungary.- Geography :Miskolc is located...

  Krzysztof Jabłoński (13+3 pts)   Grzegorz Walasek
Grzegorz Walasek
Grzegorz Walasek is a Polish speedway rider who has ridden for the Polish national team and has also competed in the Speedway Grand Prix series.For his sport achievements, he received:...

 (13+2 pts)
  Christian Hefenbrock
Christian Hefenbrock
Christian Hefenbrock born is an international speedway rider who first rode in the UK for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League in 2006....

 (12 pts)
2007
2007 Individual Speedway European Championship
The 2007 Individual Speedway European ChampionshipFinal standing:# Jurica Pavlič # Sebastian Ułamek # Patrick Hougaard - Calendar :- Poland :...

  Wiener Neustadt
Wiener Neustadt
-Main sights:* The Late-Romanesque Dom, consecrated in 1279 and cathedral from 1469 to 1785. The choir and transept, in Gothic style, are from the 14th century. In the late 15th century 12 statues of the Apostles were added in the apse, while the bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl is attributed to...

  Jurica Pavlic
Jurica Pavlic
Jurica Pavlic is a Croatian speedway rider. He was the 2007 Individual European Champion and winner of the 2006 Under-19 Individual European Championship. He rides for Unia Leszno in the Polish Ekstraliga and the Swindon Robins in the British Elite League...

 (14 pts)
  Sebastian Ułamek (13 pts)   Patrick Hougaard
Patrick Hougaard
Patrick Hald Hougaard is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.His parents are Søren and Dorthe. He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas....

 (11 pts)
2008
2008 Individual Speedway European Championship
The 2008 Individual Speedway European ChampionshipJurica Pavlič from Croatia is the defending European champion.- Calendar :- Allocation :- Neustadt/Donau :*Qualifying Round 1*2008-04-27 Neustadt/Donau*Referee: ?*Attendance: ?...

  Lendava
Lendava
Lendava is a town and a municipality in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is close to the border crossing with Hungary at Dolga vas-Rédics, and Hungarian is one of the official languages of the municipality, along with Slovene...

  Matej Žagar
Matej Žagar
Matej Žagar is a Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider who was won Individual Speedway European Champion titles...

 (14 pts)
  Sebastian Ułamek (10+3+3 pts)   Mads Korneliussen
Mads Korneliussen
Mads Korneliussen is an international speedway rider in the British Elite League for the King's Lynn Stars.- References :...

 (10+2+2+2)
2009
2009 Individual Speedway European Championship
The 2009 Individual European Championship will be the 9th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship season. The final will take place on 23 August, 2009 in Tolyatti, Russia. The championship was won by Renat Gafurov , who beat Andriej Karpov and Aleš Dryml, Jr. in Run-Off...

  Tolyatti
Tolyatti
Tolyatti , also known as Togliatti, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Stavropolsky District, although it is administratively separate from it...

  Renat Gafurov
Renat Gafurov
Renat Zaytunovich Gafurov is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Russia national team. Gafurov won 2009 Individual European Championship.- Honours :* Speedway World Cup** 2003 - 8th place Renat Zaytunovich Gafurov (born October 8 1982) is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider...

 (13+3 pts)
  Andriy Karpov (13+2 pts)   Aleš Dryml, Jr.
Aleš Dryml, Jr.
Aleš Dryml, Jr. is a Czech speedway rider who has won 2004 and 2007 European Pairs Speedway Champion titles. He was permanent rider of 2004 Speedway Grand Prix series. He has twice won the European Pairs Championship with brother Lukáš...

 (13+1 pts)
2010
2010 Individual Speedway European Championship
The 2010 Individual European Championship will be the 10th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship season. The final will take place on 4 September 2010 in Tarnów, Poland...

  Tarnów
Tarnów
Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 115,341 inhabitants as of June 2009. The city has been situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, but from 1975 to 1998 it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east-west connection...

2011   Rivne
Rivne
Rivne or Rovno is a historic city in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rivne Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Rivne Raion within the oblast...

Year Venue Winners 2nd place 3rd place

Medals classification

Pos National Team Total
1. 10 2 6 2
2. 3 2 1
3. 3 1 1 1
4. 4 1 3
5. 2 1 1
6. 1 1
1 1
8. 1 1
9. 1 1
1 1

See also

  • 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...

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