Eduard Shaihullin (20 October 1974 – 6 June 2020) was 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 anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
rider who was a member of
Russia team at
2001
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and
2002 Speedway World Cup
The 2002 Speedway World Cup (SWC) was the 2nd FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on 10 August 2002 in Peterborough, Great Britain. The tournament was won by Australia (64 points) and they beat Denmark (58 pts), Sweden (54 pts), Po ...
. He died on 6 June 2020, aged 45.
Honours
World Championships
* Team World Championship (
Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.
Format
From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders ...
and
Speedway World Cup)
**
2001
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– – 8th place (3 pts in
Race-off)
**
2002
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– – 9th place (1 pt in
Event 3)
European Championships
*
European Club Champions' Cup
**
2000
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–
Piła – Runner-up (2 pts)
See also
*
Russia national speedway team
Russia are an international speedway team who compete in the major international competition, the Speedway World Cup. They are managed by Andrey Savin and the current captain is Rybnik's Denis Gizatullin.
Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukra ...
References
Russian speedway riders
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
1974 births
2020 deaths
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