European Under-21 Individual Speedway Championship

The European Under-21 Individual Speedway Championship was an annual speedway event organised by FIM Europe (formerly the European Motorcycle Union (UEM)) from 1977 to 1988[1] and again from 2013 to 2020.[2]

European Under-21 Individual Championship
2017 champion Robert Lambert

Championship history edit

Between 1977 and 1988 the FIM organised the European Under-21 Championship. After deciding to allow non-European competitors, the competition was renamed the Speedway Under-21 World Championship.

The European U21 Championship returned between 2013 and 2020, when the European Under-19 Individual Speedway Championship was expanded to include riders up to the age of 21 years of age.

The under-21 event was discontinued in 2021.[3]

Past Winners edit

Year Venue Winners 2nd place 3rd place
FIM
1977   Vojens   Alf Busk   Joe Owen   Les Collins
1978   Lonigo   Finn Rune Jensen   Kevin Jolly   Neil Middleditch
1979   Leningrad   Ron Preston   Airat Faizulin   Ari Koponen
1980   Pocking   Tommy Knudsen   Tony Briggs   Dennis Sigalos
1981   Slaný   Shawn Moran   Antonín Kasper Jr.   Jiří Hnidak
1982   Pocking   Antonín Kasper Jr.   Mark Courtney   Peter Ravn
1983   Lonigo   Steve Baker   David Bargh   Marvyn Cox
1984   King's Lynn   Marvyn Cox   Neil Evitts   Steve Lucero
1985   Abensberg   Per Jonsson   Jimmy Nilsen   Ole Hansen
1986   Rivne   Igor Marko   Tony Olsson   Brian Karger
1987   Zielona Góra   Gary Havelock   Piotr Świst   Sean Wilson
FIM Europe
2013   Güstrow   Mikkel Michelsen   Andžejs Ļebedevs   David Bellego
2014   Rybnik   Václav Milík, Jr.   Kacper Woryna   Andžejs Ļebedevs
2015   Silkeborg   Anders Thomsen   Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen   Bartosz Smektała
2016   Lamothe-Landerron   Dimitri Bergé   Eduard Krčmář   Sergey Logachev
2017   Daugavpils   Robert Lambert   Bartosz Smektała   Andreas Lyager
2018   Stralsund   Dominik Kubera   Wiktor Lampart   Frederik Jakobsen
2019   Rivne   Wiktor Lampart   Roman Lachbaum   Mads Hansen
2020   Gdańsk   Marcus Birkemose[4]   Jakub Miśkowiak   Alexander Woentin

References edit

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1978). 1978 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 978-0904584509.
  2. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  3. ^ "FIM Europe has announced the calendar. A lot of prosecution in Poland. The gameplay will be changed". Sportowe Fakty. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  4. ^ "European U21 Individual Speedway Championship: Danish Marcus Birkemose takes the title!". FIM. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.