Oleg Kurguskin

Oleg Kurguskin
Born (1966-04-11) 11 April 1966 (age 58)
Elista, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Career history
Soviet Union/Russia
1983–1991Tajfun Elista
1992–1993Cherkessk
1994–2009Togliatti
Poland
1999–2000Ostrów
2001Łódź
Individual honours
1994, 1999, 2003, 2004Russian champion
1989, 1991Soviet championship silver
Team honours
1996World Cup silver
2003European Club Champions' Cup winner

Oleg Anatolyevich Kurguskin (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Кургускин; born 11 April 1966, in Elista)[1] is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider[2][3] who was a member of Russia team at 2001[4] and 2005 Speedway World Cup.

Career

Kurguskin (right) and Emil Saifutdinov (2007)

Kurguskin won the silver medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1989 and 1991.[5] He was also the four-times Russian champion in 1994, 1999, 2003 and 2004.[6]

Kurguskin was a stand out rider when he was part of the first ever Russian team (still under the Soviet Union flag) to tour Australia in 1990/91. While the team (which included Kurguskin, Rene Aas, Mikhail Starostin, Rinat Mardanshin, Rif Saitgareev, Vladimir Trofimov, Viktor Gajdym, Andrejs Koroļevs, and Grigori Kharchenko) did not compete in a test against the Australians, they did win most of their matches around the country and won new fans with their professionalism and the way they adapted to the Australian culture.

In 1996, Mardanshin won a silver medal at the Speedway World Team Cup held on 15 September at the Rhein-Main Arena in Diedenbergen.[7]

With Russian club Mega-Łada Togliatti he won European Club Champions' Cup in 2003.[8]

In 2012, he was the team manager of the Russian squad for the 2012 Speedway World Cup.[9]

Honours

World Championships

European Championships

See also

References

  1. ^ Oleg Kurguskin at www.lubusports.pl
  2. ^ "Oleg Kurguskin". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Speedway". Bicester Review. 29 May 1998. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Hamill hammer blow". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  7. ^ "World Team Cup final". Shropshire Star. 16 September 1996. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Before the KPE final in Toruń: the history of the competition". Sporto We Fakty. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Bjerre targets top eight". Peterborough Speedway. Retrieved 6 September 2024.