Artem Grigoryevich Laguta (; born 13 November 1990) is a Russian

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider and member of the Russian national team. He is the 2021 World Champion.

Career details

Laguta became the Russian champion in 2010 and 2011. In August 2010, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 2011 Grand Prix. He is also a three times world team champion with Russia after partnering Emil Sayfutdinov during three consecutive years, as Russia won the Speedway of Nations in

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. In April 2020, he obtained a dual national speedway licence after obtaining a Polish licence, although he continued to represent Russia. Laguta became the 2021 Individual World Champion after winning the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix with 192 points. He won five rounds out of eleven and overtook defending champion

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in the points standings in round 10, which proved to be the pivotal moment of the Championship. From 2022 to 2024, Laguta was unable to defend his world title following the

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. In June 2023, he signed for King's Lynn Stars for his first season in British speedway, where he competed in the SGB Premiership 2023.

Major results

World individual Championship

2018 Speedway Grand Prix The 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 24th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 73rd FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the eighteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. The ...

- 6th *

2019 Speedway Grand Prix The 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 25th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 74th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the nineteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company. T ...

- 11th *

2020 Speedway Grand Prix The 2020 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 26th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 75th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the 20th series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company A new p ...

- 7th (including Wrocław grand prix win) * 2021 Speedway Grand Prix - Champion (including Czech Republic, Lublin, Toruń, Russian & Danish grand prix wins)

World team Championships

* 2010 Speedway World Cup - 6th * 2012 Speedway World Cup - 3rd *

2016 Speedway World Cup The 2016 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the sixteenth Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Speedway World Cup, the annual international Motorcycle speedway, speedway world championship tournament. It took place betw ...

- 6th * 2018 Speedway of Nations - Winner * 2019 Speedway of Nations - Winner * 2020 Speedway of Nations - Winner

World junior championships

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- 4th place in the Qualifying Round 1 *

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- 12th place (4 pts)

European Junior Championships

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- 7th place (9 pts) *

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- 5th place (10 pts) *

- 2nd place in the Semi-Final 2 *

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- 4th place (13 pts + 3rd in Run-Off)

Domestic competitions

* Team Polish Championship (League) **

- 5th place in the First League for

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Personal life

His brother

Grigory Laguta Grigory Grigorievich Laguta (born 9 April 1984) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Russia. He is a six-times champion of Russia. Career Laguta is a six-time Russian Champion winning the title in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022 and 2023. Lagu ...

is also an international speedway rider and four times Russian champion and his nephew is Vadim Tarasenko. In 2024, he joined Rospiggarna in the Swedish Elitserien.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laguta, Artem 1990 births Living people Russian speedway riders Individual Speedway World Champions Naturalized citizens of Poland Sportspeople from Primorsky Krai Russian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Russian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Russian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Naturalised sports competitors