Roman Povazhny
Roman Alexandrovich Povazhny is a former international motorcycle speedway rider and a former champion of Russia. He earned 21 caps for the Russia national speedway team.
Career
Povazhny won the Russian national championship in 2001.He started his British leagues career with Eastbourne Eagles and would ride with them for four seasons in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2007. Inbetween he rode for Oxford Cheetahs during the 2000 season.
He gained Polish citizenship in 2004 and retired in 2013.
Career details
World Championships
- Individual World Championship
- * 2003 - 29th place
- * 2005 - 25th place
- Individual Under-21 World Championship
- * 1997 - Mšeno - 4th place
- Team World Championship
- * 1993 - 3rd place in Group D for
- * 1993 - started in Group B only
- * 1997 - Piła - 6th place
- * 1998 - 3rd place in Group A
- * 2000 - 3rd place in Quarter-Final 1
- * 2001 - 8th place
- * 2002 - 9th place
- * 2003 - 8th place
- * 2007 - started in Qualifying Round 2 only
European Championships
- Individual European Championship
- * 2001 - Heusden Zolder - 7th place
- * 2002 - Rybnik - 6th place
- European Pairs Championship
- * 2008 - Natschbach-Loipersbach - Bronze medal
- European Club Champions' Cup
- * 1998 - started in Group A only
- * 2004 - Ljubljana - Silver medal for Mega-Lada Togliatti
- * 2009 - Toruń - 3rd place Vladivostok
Domestic competitions
- Individual Polish Championship
- * 2008 - 6th place in Semi-Final 2
- Polish Golden Helmet
- * 2008 - Wrocław - 5th place