Grigory Grigorievich Laguta (born 9 April 1984) is a

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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. Laguta previously held two speedway licences: Russian (MFR) and Latvian (LaMSF). This allowed him to become a four times champion of Latvia. In 2017, he was suspended for two years for a doping violation after having used

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. However, he later returned and in 2023, won his sixth Russian national title, which took him to just one win behind the Mikhail Starostin in the all-time list of winners.

Family

His brother Artem Laguta is also a speedway rider, who was the 2021 world champion and his nephew is Vadim Tarasenko.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Honours

* Individual World Championship (

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- 32nd place (0 points in 1 GP) **

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

- 20th place (8 points in 1 GP) * Team World Championship (

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- Semi-Final 1 will be on 12 July 2008 * European Club Champions' Cup **

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- 4th place (5 points) ** ''

- 2nd place in Semi-Final 2 (13 points)'' ** ''

Slaný - The Final will be on 6 September 2008 (12 pts in Semi-Final)'' * Individual Latvian Championship ** 2008

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- Latvian Champion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laguta, Grigory 1984 births Living people Russian speedway riders Latvian speedway riders Russian sportspeople in doping cases Latvian sportspeople in doping cases Sportspeople from Primorsky Krai Russian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Russian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Naturalised sports competitors

Career

Family

Speedway Grand Prix results

Honours

See also

References