Francis Gusts (born 2 January 2003) is an international speedway rider from Latvia.

Speedway career

Gusts became the European Junior Champion after winning the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in his home country. During the same year, Gusts, riding with riding partners

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and

Ričards Ansviesulis Ričards Ansviesulis (born 21 June 2002) is an international motorcycle speedway rider from Latvia. Career Ansviesulis won the 2018 Estonian Individual Speedway Championship aged just 16 and came to prominence after winning the bronze medal ...

, won the European U19 pairs title. In 2021, Gusts helped the

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qualify for the final of the

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(the World team Championships of speedway). He competed in the 2021 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship He signed for

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for the

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and

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Swedish speedway seasons. In 2022, he finished in 10th place during the World Under-21 Championship in the

2022 SGP2 The 2022 SGP2 series was the 46th edition of the FIM Individual Under-21 World Championship. It was staged as the SGP2 class of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix series after rights holders Discovery Sports Events took over promotional rights of the ...

and helped

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win the 2022 2.Liga. In 2023, he rode in the Latvian Grand Prix and won the bronze medal in the

Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship The Team Speedway Under-21 World Championship is a speedway competition to determine the World Championship for national Under-21 teams (the sport's equivalent of the Under-21 World Cup in football). As of 2022, the event has been known as th ...

, after finishing third at the

2023 Speedway of Nations 2 The 2023 Speedway of Nations 2 (SON2) was the 19th Team Under-21 World Championship season, organised by the FIM and sponsored by DeWalt. The event took place on 11 August 2023 at the Riga Speedway Stadium in Riga, Latvia. Defending champion ...

. In 2024, he qualified for the final series of the 2024 SGP2 (the World U21 Championship). In 2025, Gusts signed for the Oxford Spires making his British league debut season but failed to impress and was replaced by

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Major results

World individual Championship

2023 Speedway Grand Prix The 2023 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 29th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 78th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the second series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending champ ...

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2024 Speedway Grand Prix The 2024 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 30th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 79th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the third series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. A new sprint race was introduced at sele ...

- 29th

World team Championships

- 6th

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gusts, Francis Living people 2003 births Latvian speedway riders Sportspeople from Riga 21st-century Latvian sportsmen Oxford Spires riders