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Andrey Kudriashov

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Andrey Kudriashov
Андре́й Кудряшо́в
Born(1991-07-10)10 July 1991[1]
Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died18 May 2024(2024-05-18) (aged 32)
NationalityRussian
Career history
Russia
2008–2015, 2021–2023Balakovo
2016–2019Togliatti
Poland
2010, 2012Kraków
2011Grudziądz
2013–2014Lublin
2015–2017Bydgoszcz
2018Łódź
2019Gniezno
2020Daugavpils
2021Opole
Denmark
2015–2016Holstebro
2018Slangerup
Individual honours
2015, 2017, 2018, 2019Russian champion
2009U-19 Russian Champion
Team honours
2011U21 Team world champion

Andrey Alekseevich Kudriashov (Russian: Андре́й Алексе́евич Кудряшо́в; 10 July 1991 – 18 May 2024) was a Russian motorcycle speedway rider.[2][3][4]

Career

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Kudriashov came to prominence in 2009, after he won the under-19 Russian Championship, scoring a 15 points maximum.[5] The same year, Kudryashov finished third at the individual Under-21 Russian Championship, scoring 12 points.[6]

On 3 September 2009, Kudryashov started in the motoAllegro Szlaka Piastowska, individual meeting in Poznań, Poland, finishing 15th.[7] This was the prelude to his career in the Team Speedway Polish Championship, when he signed for Wanda Kraków for the 2010 Polish speedway season.[2]

It was also in 2010 that Kudriashov started in the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification and in qualifying round four scored 7 points to qualify for the race-off before being eliminated. He also participated in the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship in Gdańsk, Poland and qualified for the semi-final, held on 26 June in Landshut, Germany and the 2010 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship finishing 7th in the semi-final in Rawicz, Poland.

In 2011, his career really took off when he won the Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship with teammates Artem Laguta, Vitaly Belousov, Ilya Chalov and Vladimir Borodulin, which was held at his home track at the Trud Stadium in Balakovo.[8]

Kudriashov won the Russian national championship in 2015. He went on to win the national title on three more occasions in 2017, 2018 and 2019.[9]

Illness and death

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In early 2023, Kudriashov was forced to retire after being diagnosed with an aggressive skin cancer[10] and sold his speedway equipment in order to support his family.[11] Later in May 2023, he underwent a leg amputation as doctors attempted to stop the spread of the cancer. He died the following year, on 18 May 2024, at the age of 32.[12]

Results

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World Championships

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European Championships

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Świat Żużla, No 1 (81) 2010, pages 60–61 ISSN 1429-3285
  2. ^ a b "Andrey Kudryashov Rosja". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Andriej Kudriaszow". Sporto We Fakty. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Andrey Kudriashov 1991-2024". FIM. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Kudriaszow Mistrzem Rosji do 19 lat" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 12 September 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Laguta z tytułem MIMR" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  7. ^ "Rafał Dobrucki wygrał motoAllegro Szlakę Piastowską w Poznaniu" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 October 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  8. ^ "Junior (U-21) World Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Russia Speedway Championship" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  10. ^ "The gruesome fate of 31-year-old Andrei is shocking - one thing says everything about the seriousness of the disease". Ilta Sanomat. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Kudriashov retires as he faces cancer battle". FIM. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  12. ^ Ушёл из жизни гонщик «Турбины» Андрей Кудряшов (in Russian)