Rinat Mardanshin

Rinat Mardanshin
Born(1963-12-24)24 December 1963
Oktyabrsky, Bashkir ASSR, USSR,
Died19 January 2005(2005-01-19) (aged 41)
Oktyabrsky, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
NationalityRussian
Career history
Soviet Union/Russia
1982–1985, 1989–1994, 1997–2004Oktyabrsky
1986–1987Togliatti
1988Rivne
Poland
1992Tarnów
1995–1996Świętochłowice
1997, 1999, 2002Ostrów
1998Częstochowa
2000Opole
2001Warszawa
Individual honours
1989, 1996, 1997, 1998Russian champion
1988Soviet championship bronze
Team honours
1996World Cup silver

Rinat Mukatdisovich Mardanshin (Russian: Ринат Мукатдисович Марданшин; 24 December 1963 – 19 January 2005) was a Russian motorcycle speedway rider of Tatar ethnicity. He represented the Russia national speedway team and was four times champion of Russia.

Career

Mardanshin won the bronze medal at the Soviet Union championship in 1988.[1]

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union Mardanshin went on to win the Russian Championship for three consecutive years from 1996 to 1998.[2] He spent ten years racing in the Team Speedway Polish Championship from 1992 to 2002.[3]

In 1996, Mardanshin won a silver medal at the Speedway World Team Cup held on 15 September at the Rhein-Main Arena in Diedenbergen.[4]

He rode in the 2001 Speedway World Cup.[5]

He died, on 19 January 2005, at the age of 41, during a routine operation to remove metalwork from his shoulder. It is believed he had a blood clot in his aorta.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Individual USRR Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Russian Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Rinat Mardanshin". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  4. ^ "World Team Cup final". Shropshire Star. 16 September 1996. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "2001 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 6 April 2024.